The evacuation of the villages in Punjab, reported by news agency ANI, comes barely hours after the Indian Army announced it has conducted surgical strikes across LoC
The villages in Punjab which are 10 km from the international border with Pakistan are being evacuated while additional Border Security Force (BSF) troops have moved in closer in indications that a war with Pakistan in the wake of the Uri terror attack is perhaps imminent.
The evacuation of the villages in Punjab, reported by news agency ANI, comes barely hours after the Indian Army announced it has conducted surgical strikes inside Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), killing several terrorists preparing to infiltrate India.
BSF has cancelled the beating retreat ceremony at Wagah border for today.
Eleven days after terrorists killed 18 Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri area, Indian Special Forces targeted "some terrorist teams" positioned at launch pads on the LoC, the Army announced.
The surgical strikes have raised the possibility of a military escalation between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
Pakistan reacts sharply
The Army's surgical operation inside PoK has triggered a sharp warning from Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who warned that Pakistan's "intent for peaceful neighbourhood should not be mistaken as our weakness".
Pakistan, however, has denied any surgical strike by India, but its Army has admitted to the death of two soldiers in cross-LoC firing by Indian troops earlier today.
India has been ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan, seeking to diplomatically isolate it at the UN General Assembly in New York and winning expressions of condemnation from the US, Britain and France over the Uri terror attack.
China, another of the permanent members of the UN Security Council and a traditional ally of Pakistan, has urged dialogue between the two antagonists.
On Wednesday, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan backed India in boycotting Pakistan, which is supposed to host this year's edition of the SAARC summit in Islamabad in November. SAARC chair Nepal has indicated that the South Asian group summit may be called off.
The villages in Punjab which are 10 km from the international border with Pakistan are being evacuated while additional Border Security Force (BSF) troops have moved in closer in indications that a war with Pakistan in the wake of the Uri terror attack is perhaps imminent.
The evacuation of the villages in Punjab, reported by news agency ANI, comes barely hours after the Indian Army announced it has conducted surgical strikes inside Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), killing several terrorists preparing to infiltrate India.
BSF has cancelled the beating retreat ceremony at Wagah border for today.
Eleven days after terrorists killed 18 Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri area, Indian Special Forces targeted "some terrorist teams" positioned at launch pads on the LoC, the Army announced.
The surgical strikes have raised the possibility of a military escalation between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
Pakistan reacts sharply
The Army's surgical operation inside PoK has triggered a sharp warning from Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who warned that Pakistan's "intent for peaceful neighbourhood should not be mistaken as our weakness".
Pakistan, however, has denied any surgical strike by India, but its Army has admitted to the death of two soldiers in cross-LoC firing by Indian troops earlier today.
India has been ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan, seeking to diplomatically isolate it at the UN General Assembly in New York and winning expressions of condemnation from the US, Britain and France over the Uri terror attack.
China, another of the permanent members of the UN Security Council and a traditional ally of Pakistan, has urged dialogue between the two antagonists.
On Wednesday, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan backed India in boycotting Pakistan, which is supposed to host this year's edition of the SAARC summit in Islamabad in November. SAARC chair Nepal has indicated that the South Asian group summit may be called off.
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