In January • -The incident happened between Chhatri and Atma outposts on the LoC in Mankote area of Krishna Ghati,
Jammu and Kashmir, at 10:30 am on 8 January 2013. According to the Indian Army, a
Pakistan Army "
Border Action Team", wearing black combat uniforms, crossed over the LoC and ambushed an Indian Army patrol team 600 metres inside Indian-controlled territory. They reported that the Pakistani soldiers took advantage of the foliage and dense fog and opened fire on an area-domination unit of Sector 10, killing two soldiers of 13
Rajputana Rifles and injuring two others. The Sector-10 headquarters in the
Mendhar area of
Poonch district was operating under the
Rajouri-based
25th Division. According to the Indian Army, the skirmish lasted for approximately 30 minutes, after which the intruders retreated from the Indian territory. Two soldiers, Lance Naik Hemraj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, were killed and their bodies were apparently found mutilated, with one decapitated. The bodies were then recovered and the injured soldiers were airlifted and admitted to the Indian Army's Command Hospital. The Military Intelligence of India claimed that the operation was carried out by Anwar Khan, from Azad Kashmir, who was hired by the Pakistan's
Inter-Services Intelligence for .
In February • -Another incident occurred when on 15 February, a Pakistani soldier who crossed over the line of control, and injured two Indian soldiers, was killed in the firefight with Indian troops. Pakistan army claimed that the soldier "accidentally crossed border" while Indian authority claimed that soldier was "intruder" and "started indiscriminate fire".
In June • -On 7 June 2013, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Indian Army was killed in cross-border firing with Pakistani troops in Sabjian area of Mandi sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in
Poonch district. The deceased was identified as JCO Naib Subedar Bachan Singh
3 Garhwal Rifles.
In July • -In a press-release, the
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a
Pakistan Army soldier was killed and another was seriously injured in July firing by Indian troops from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed region of Kashmir. The incident took place on Rawlakot's Nezapir sector near the LoC at about 10:30 am on Saturday, 27 July 2013. Pakistan's soldier Asim Iqbal, a resident of a village near
Rawalpindi, was killed in the firing and soldier Naik Mohammad Khan was critically wounded. • -On the night of 30 July 2013, Indian troops operating on the Line of Control kidnapped four Pakistani men which were reported as Kashmiris by Pakistan media. The men, identified as Zafran Ghulam Sarwar, Shah Zaman, Muhammad Faisal and Wajid Akbar, were killed near the Katwar post according to Indian police documentation. India claimed the men were intruders and militants. This was disputed by Pakistan, according to whom the men were local civilians plucking herbs and had strayed close to the Line of Control when they were abducted by the Indians. Locals and an Indian police official noted that it would be "unusual for an infiltrating group of four terrorists to possess only one assault rifle, and no grenades or communication equipment" and that at least two of the men were wearing rubber
flip-flops. These killings are believed to have sparked off the border skirmishes in early August. • -On 6 August 2013, five Indian army soldiers were killed in firing by Pakistani Special Forces at the Line of Control (LoC) as they slept in a temporary shelter. Pakistan was accused by Indian Army over the incident, with Pakistan's ambush over an army patrol in the Poonch area in Jammu and Kashmir region which led to protests at the
Pakistan Embassy in New Delhi. Pakistan Army denied the charges. The Pakistan High Commission
was attacked by Indian mobs in protest to the killings. Hours after the incident, firing continued on the border during which two Pakistani soldiers were wounded. • -On 8 August 2013, Indian troops opened fire wounding a Pakistani male civilian along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. The injured Kaka Sana was evacuated to a hospital. • On 11 August 2013 there were media reports of sporadic exchanges of fire across the LOC from both sides. It was reported that one Indian border guard had been injured during the incident. • -On 12 August 2013, Pakistani sources reported that a civilian was killed as a result of "unprovoked Indian shelling." A district officer stated that the firing occurred on a Pakistani village about 500 metres from the border. A Pakistani military official said Pakistani troops were responding to the firing. In Islamabad, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner was summoned by the Foreign Office of Pakistan, during which Pakistan called upon India to uphold the ceasefire agreement on the LoC. • -On 14 August 2013, a 60-year-old Pakistani civilian, Saki Muhammad, was killed by Indian firing and his teenage daughter Nabeela was injured. According to Pakistani military sources, Indian forces were targeting civilian settlements in "unprovoked firing", • -On 15 August 2013, mortal shelling from the Indian side injured six Pakistani civilians in Kotli, Azad Kashmir. Simultaneously, three Indian soldiers were injured and a civilian killed by Pakistani firing on the Indian side the same day. • -On 22 August, two Pakistani soldiers, identified as Habib and Gul Wahab, were killed as a result of Indian firing. • -On 24 August, continued firing from India killed one more Pakistani soldier and injured a woman. The death of the soldier brings the death toll of Pakistani soldiers in August to at least four. • -On 25 August, a woman died and seven other civilians were injured near Muzaffarabad on the Pakistani side, following cross-border shelling by Indian forces.
In September • -on 18 September, continued firing and shelling from Indian sides killed one women and several injured in September. To initiate the peace talk between two rivalry countries due to increase tension on the line of control. Pakistani Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif met with Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh in
New York City. The Prime Ministers from both countries agreed that they need to stop the recent attacks in the disputed Kashmir region in order for peace talks to advance.
In October • -After peace talk between prime ministers in New York on 5 and 11 October, two children of 14 month and 11 years were killed by continuous Indian Firing towards
Azad Kashmir. • -On 15 October, one Indian troop named Lance Naik Mohd Firoz Khan of Rashtriya Rifles Battalion was killed by Pakistani LoC Firing. • – On 17 October, a member of the paramilitary was killed "due to continuous unprovoked firing by Indian Border Security forces" near the eastern city of Pakistan,
Sialkot. • -On 18 October, a civilian from Azad Kashmir named Sajjad was killed due to crossfire between troops across the LoC. • – Another incident of ceasefire violation occurred on 21 October near Sialkot sector where two more Pakistani civilians were killed by continued Indian shelling. • -on 22 October One BSF jawan killed, 4 injured in another ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers at RS Pura sector According to Indian army officials, an Indian soldier was killed on 28 October due to firing and shelling by Pakistani troops along the LoC. ==Reactions==