英语文摘:Indian firing kills Pakistani woman: army

ISLAMABAD, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani army said on Saturday that a woman was killed in Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region.

An army statement blamed India for "uNPRovoked ceasefire violation" along LoC in Kot Kehtera sector "targeting civil population."

A 60-year-old woman resident of Village Thandi Kassi was killed in the firing, the statement said, adding the Pakistani troops effectively responded.

Pakistan and India had declared ceasefire along the LoC and working boundary in 2003.

The latest incident happened as tensions escalation along LoC, which divides the two neighbors in the disputed Kashmir, has been seen since militants attack on an army center in the Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sept. 18, killing 19 soldiers.

India blamed the Pakistan-based "Jaish-e-Mohammad" group. But Islamabad rejected the charges and suggested independent investigation into the attack.