Pakistan, India summon diplomats after two people killed in border incident
Islamabad’s Foreign Ministry summoned India’s charge d’affaires to protest the killing of two Pakistani civilians.

Islamabad’s Foreign Ministry summoned India’s charge d’affaires to protest the killing of two Pakistani civilians.





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Pakistan says the comments contradict Washington’s position, but experts see them as a diplomatic misstep.

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