Indian and Pakistani soldiers fired at one another across the Kashmir frontier for more than 12 hours Monday night into Tuesday, in what the Indian Army called the most serious violation of a 2003 cease-fire agreement. The nightlong battle came after one Indian soldier and four Pakistanis were killed Monday along the border between sections of Kashmir that are controlled by India and by Pakistan. The exchange of gunfire ended by noon, said Lt. Col. Anil Kumar Mathur, a spokesman for the Indian Army. No additional casualties were reported on Tuesday.

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