<p id="content">Pakistan used small arms and mortars today to target Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in three Sectors of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.</p>
Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Devender Anand said that around 10.30 a.m., Pakistan indulged in firing and shelling along the LoC in Shahpur, Kirni, and Qasba Sectors.
"The Indian Army retaliated befittingly," he said.
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