1.   India and Pakistan blamed each other for what they described as unprovoked firing.

2.   Indian soldiers started unprovoked firing Wednesday evening in two regions of Kashmir, forcing Pakistani troops to retaliate, Gen. Rashid Quereshi told reporters.

3.   Tension between Pakistan and India increased recently with the two neighbors accusing each other of unprovoked firing along the military line which divides Kashmir.

4.   India and Pakistan, which both claim the entire Himalayan state, frequently accuse each other of unprovoked firing along the border in Kashmir.

5.   Earlier this week, six civilians were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in what Pakistani officials described as unprovoked firing by Indian troops.