Tensions continue to escalate along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir as Indian and Pakistani forces reportedly exchanged gunfire for the eighth consecutive night. The latest incident occurred on Thursday night, May 1, though no casualties have been reported.
According to Indian media outlet NDTV, Pakistani troops opened fire without provocation from multiple posts using small arms. The targeted areas included Indian posts opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Nowshera, and Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir. In response, Indian forces retaliated along the 740-kilometer-long border.
The series of cross-border skirmishes began following the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, which left 26 people dead. Since then, relations between the two countries have deteriorated, with both sides taking retaliatory measures. India accused Pakistan of supporting cross-border terrorism and suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, closed the Attari border crossing, and downgraded diplomatic ties.
Pakistan responded by shutting its airspace to Indian aircraft and halting all forms of trade, including through third countries. Islamabad also rejected India’s suspension of the water treaty and warned that any move to block water flow would be treated as an act of war.
On April 30, the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) from both countries spoke via hotline, during which India reportedly warned Pakistan to cease unprovoked firing.
The situation remains volatile, with both nations increasing military preparedness along the border.