de facto border

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) are seen lowering the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah, some 20 km east of Lahore, in this December 14, 2006 file photo/ Reuters
South Asia

Shelling across Pakistan-India border kills three

Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged mortar and artillery shelling along the de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed Kashmir region. The sporadic exchanges...