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The 2013 India-Pakistan border incident were a series of border clashes that occured between Pakistan and India in January 2013. Hostilities began on January 6 when Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. According to Pakistan, Indian troops raided a military post on January 6 in the Haji Pir sector of Azad Kashmir, killing one Pakistani soldier and injuring another.

Background
On 6 January 2013, Pakistan Army sources reported that Indian troops raided the Sawan Patra military checkpost of Pakistan in Azad Kashmir, during which one Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured. Both sides continued to exchange fire across the Line of Control. According to an army spokesman, the Pakistan Army repulsed the attack.

On January 11 2013, Indian troops fired across the border and killed another Pakistani soldier, making it the third deadly incident since skirmishes began. On January 15, 2013, a fourth Pakistani soldier was reported to be killed by Indian forces during firing from the Indian side.

Reaction
Pakistani military sources rejected the allegations, calling the incident a "propaganda" to divert international attention from an earlier incident on January 6, when a Pakistani soldier was killed by Indian troops in what was claimed by Pakistan as an Indian violation o0f the Line of Control. Pakistani officials also welcomed an investigation from the UN.