In a major escalation to the ceasefire violations and infiltration attempts, Pakistan Army soldiers crossed the Line of Control in Mendhar Sector and killed two Indian soldiers. The body of one of them was mutilated.
Since India's independence in 1947, bitter rivals India and Pakistan have fought four wars and and there have been innumerable ceasefire violations by the two countries. There have been several instances of Pakistan creating trouble in India through their policy of proxy war and use of terror groups. Here are some instances when Pakistan provoked India:
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Mumbai terror attack (2008): In one of the biggest terror strikes on the Indian soil on November 26, 2008 Pakistani terrorists attacked Mumbai and killed at least 166 people and injured many more.
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Kargil war (1999): Pakistan launched an attack in the Kargil area in Jammu & Kashmir and captured several peaks. The Indian Army drove away the Pakistani Army and irregulars from the icy peaks after a bloody and hard fought battle.
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IC 814 hijack (1999): In December 1999, Indian Airlines flight IC 814 was hijacked after it took off from Kathmandu by a group of Pakistani terrorists. The plane was taken to Kandhar in Afghanistan, which was controlled by the Taliban. The hijackers killed an Indian passenger and released the plane only after India freed three dreaded terrorists including Maulana Masood Azhar.
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India-Pakistan war (1971): In this file picture taken 16 December 1971 in Dhaka, Indian Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora (L) watches as Pakistan's eastern forces commander General AAK Niazi signs the treaty of surrender of the Pakistani army to Indian troops. After the 1971 War, Bangladesh was born from what was East Pakistan. The 1971 War was extremely humiliating for Pakistan as over 93,000 of its soldiers were taken as prisoners of war by India.
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A picture dated August 12, 1965 shows Indian soldiers manning a heavy machine gun in the Uri-Poonch operational sector during the Second Indo-Pakistani War. Known as the Second Kashmir War over the disputed regions of Jammu and Kashmir, it started without a formal declaration of war. The war began in August 5, 1965 and came to an end on September 22, 1965.
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Indo-Pak war (1947): A picture taken in October 1947 shows wagons packed with Muslin refugees fleeing to Pakistan while Hindus fled to India by train in the border city of Amritsar at the start of the first war India-Pakistan War (October 1947-December 1948).
Pakistan wanted to integrate Muslim-dominated Kashmir, but Maharaja Hari Singh requested New Delhi for help in return for accession of the state to India. The war finally ended on January 1, 1949, after the ceasefire line was demarcated even though Pakistan still claims that Kashmir is a disputed territory.
