The Nation: Tensions soar between India, Pakistan along Kashmir frontier

An Indian man inspects the damage after his home was gutted by firing allegedly from the Pakistan side of the border in the Ranbir Singh Pura district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, May 22. Villages along the India-Pakistan border are almost deserted as most have moved to safer areas. (AP)

May 23: The Nation states that tensions soared Wednesday along the volatile frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, as rival soldiers shelled dozens of villages and border posts for a sixth straight day. A total of six civilians and a soldier were killed on the two sides, officials said, in escalating violence in the disputed region that both countries blame the other for initiating.

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