India attacks Pakistani posts in Kashmir

The Indian Army has attacked Pakistani military posts across the ceasefire line in the disputed Himalayan province of Kashmir.

The Indians used artillery, rockets, mortars, flame-throwers, grenade launchers and machine guns in the attacks, destroying 11 Pakistani outposts in the frontier areas of Akhnoor and Mendar.

The action, which breached a 10-month-old ceasefire, came as US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Pakistan to discuss the US-British war against Afghanistan.