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8 January 2015, Vice News

Thousands flee Kashmir as Pakistan and India exchange heavy shelling across border

Sameer Patil, Associate Fellow, National Security and Terrorism, Gateway House was quoted in a Vice news report on the resurgence of hostilities on the India-Pakistan border

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Thousands have fled the India-Pakistan border in disputed Kashmir, amid the most fearsome exchange of shelling between the two nations since they agreed to a ceasefire in 2003.

About 6,000 civilians left their homes on Monday, according to Reuters, following the flight of around 4,000 after the fighting erupted last week. At least 10 Indian and Pakistani civilians and soldiers have been killed so far in the violence, which comes days before US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to visit India.

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