Pakistan summoned India's chargé d'affaires on Saturday to protest the killing of two Pakistani civilians by India's Border Security Force. The foreign ministry condemned the incident as unprovoked lethal force against unarmed civilians, rejecting any characterization of the victims as infiltrators. India summoned Pakistan's chargé d'affaires in response, alleging repeated cross-border movement by armed narcotics syndicates operating from Pakistan.
The exchange highlights escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors, already strained since last year's armed clash that brought them to the brink of conflict following the killing of 26 Indian tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Both nations traded accusations as they maintain a history of four major wars since independence in 1947.
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