Daily Times

The Pakistan Army has killed more than 60 Indian soldiers during firing at the Line of Control (LoC) since February 27, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said on Saturday.

Tweeting from his personal account, Maj Gen Ghafoor said many Indian troops were also injured and their bunkers destroyed by Pakistani forces since the February tit-for-tat airstrikes. “Artillery gun positions also damaged [and troops] forced to relocate,” he posted on his Twitter handle. “Since February, the PAF has downed two Indian Air Force jets, two Indian helicopters have met fratricide under fear and the Indian navy is under deterrence,” he added, in tweets accompanied by the hashtag #CostForCDS.

On Friday, the ISPR chief had said that Indian army chief Bipin Rawat with ‘irresponsible statements’ and ‘blood of innocents on his hand’ seeks to become India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). He had accused Gen Rawat of converting the Indian army into a rogue force and wasting lives of his men because of his reckless command and for the attainment of personal ambitions.