Five Indian soldiers have died in Kashmir after being attacked by unknown gunmen.
The Indian army has blamed Pakistan for the attack, but a Pakistani military official has told the BBC that "no fire took place" from their side.
Omar Abdullah,the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, said such incidents "don't help efforts to normalise or even improve relations with Pakistan and call in to question the Pakistan government's recent overtures".
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