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Pakistan army says Indian 'unprovoked firing' kills teenage girl, wounds child near Kashmir

Associated Press
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    Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officers carry the coffin of their colleague who was killed in a India Pakistan cross border firing, in Jammu, India, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire Wednesday near the cease-fire line that divides the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, leaving two dead on the Pakistani side and one on the Indian side, officials said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (The Associated Press)

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    Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers pay homage to their colleague who was killed in a India Pakistan cross border firing, in Jammu, India, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire Wednesday near the cease-fire line that divides the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, leaving two dead on the Pakistani side and one on the Indian side, officials said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (The Associated Press)

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    Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers shout slogans in the memory of their colleague who was killed in a India Pakistan cross border firing during his funeral, in Jammu, India, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire Wednesday near the cease-fire line that divides the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, leaving two dead on the Pakistani side and one on the Indian side, officials said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (The Associated Press)

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's military says Indian border guards' "unprovoked firing" across the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has killed a 13-year-old girl and wounded a child.

In a statement, the military says the latest cease-fire violation took place Saturday near the city of Sialkot. It says Pakistani security forces returned fire.

India has blamed Pakistani troops for initiating the fire.

Such incidents have increased since Wednesday when Islamabad accused India of killing two Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan says the two slain soldiers had been invited for a flag meeting.

Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan. The two countries have fought two wars over control of the Himalayan region since they won independence from Britain in 1947.