Indian troops resumed shelling on Friday along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir but there are no immediate reports of casualties, officials said.
The shelling in Pakistani Kashmir was reported from three southern districts of Poonch, Kotli and Bhimbher, and in some areas the bombardment was intense, they said.
”Indian troops have indiscriminately targeted Tatta Pani sector at 8am (0200 GMT),” an official in Kotli told AFP.
”Some shells were reported to have landed as far inside as 45km from the de facto border (dividing Kashmir between Pakistan and India),” he said.
Indian troops were using long-range weapons, he said, noting that six shells landed near Teenda village, outside the city of Kotli, hitting the area for the first time.
In the southernmost Bhimbher district, intermittent shelling was going on in Samahni sector, a local official said.
Firing was also reported from Hajira sector villages in Poonch district, but authorities said the intensity was not as strong as it was on Thursday.
Four people were killed and nine others were injured in Thursdays shelling in three sectors of Kotli district, pushing the civilian death toll in Pakistani Kashmir to 80 since artillery duels began in mid-May.
Thousands of people have fled from forward positions in Samahni and its adjoining Chamb sector in Bhimbher district, and have taken shelter in safer areas, since tensions were sparked on May 14 by a massacre in Indian Kashmir that India blames on Pakistan. – Sapa-AFP