India’s patience with Pakistan stretched

India has said it is running out of patience with Pakistan’s army-backed transgressions across disputed Kashmir as cross-border firing spread further north for the first time since the two armies agreed to a ceasefire in 2003.

Tension has been running high along one of the world’s most militarised borders in Kashmir since Aug 6 when five Indian soldiers were ambushed and killed while on a patrol.

Indian defence minister AK Antony said it was clear that specialist troops of the Pakistani army were involved in the attack on the soldiers whose deaths triggered criticism that the government’s posture toward the neighbour had been too soft.