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Army combat-ready; digs new positions along border

Anil Bhatt in R S Pura

Dodging Pakistani mortar shelling and heavy firing, Indian soldiers dug new positions along the vital Jammu-Poonch sector.

"The digging work is on all along the Indo-Pak border for defensive purpose of setting up new positions," army officials said on Friday.

New bunkers, defence lines and trenches are coming up in order to save troops from the increased mortar shelling, rocket attacks and heavy firing on Indian positions all along the border, the officials said.

"Not only did Pakistani troops target our border outposts, bunkers, observation towers and listening posts, but also shelled villages and destroyed them, the officials said.

So far, 23 villages with a population of nearly 40,000 have been destroyed by Pakistani firing, forcing people to shift to safer areas, they added.

"We are combat-ready along international border, LoC and await orders for war. Not only we will go for a war, but we will also win it," some jawans at a forward line said.

So far, 19 civilians have been killed and 52 injured in Pakistani mortar shelling.

PTI

Pictures: Amit Sharma

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