Pakistan Army has killed over 60 Indian soldiers at LoC since Feb 27: Asif Ghafoor – Pakistan

The Pakistan Army has killed more than 60 Indian soldiers during the firings against the Control Line (LoC) since February 27, said division general Asif Ghafoor, general director of Public Relations between Services (ISPR), said Saturday.

On February 27, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian planes that had violated Pakistani airspace. An Indian pilot was also arrested, but was later released by Pakistan as a gesture of goodwill.

Tweeting from his personal accountGhafoor said many Indian troops were also injured and their bunkers destroyed by Pakistani forces since the February airstrikes.

"Artillery positions also damaged [and troops] forced to relocate, "he wrote.

The head of the army media wing said that since February the PAF had shot down two Indian Air Force planes, two Indian helicopters had "found fratricide for fear" and the Indian army was "under deterrence."

Ghafoor's tweet was accompanied by the hashtag #CostForCDS.

On Friday, the ISPR had said that the Indian army chief Bipin Rawat with "irresponsible statements" and "blood of innocents in his hand" seeks to become India's first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS).

CDS is a proposed position for the combined chief of the Indian army, the Indian air force and the Indian navy. The creation of the post was announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his independence day speech in August.

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The ISPR had accused General Rawat of converting the Indian army into a "dishonest force" and of wasting the lives of his men due to his reckless command and the achievement of personal ambitions.

The tweets came in response to Gen Rawat's latest comments at a conference claiming that Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan were controlled by "terrorists."

The statement of the head of the Indian army came days after Pakistan presented its claims of neutralizing three "terrorist launching platforms" in Azad Kashmir in heavy artillery attacks in the early hours of Sunday. Subsequently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Army took a group of 23 foreign diplomats and media to the areas affected by the Indian bombings to show that India had actually attacked the civilian population instead of the alleged "terrorist launching platforms. ".

The representatives of the High Commission of India had been invited to the trip, but they stayed away.

In addition, the Indian authorities did not even provide the coordinates of the terrorist targets they claim to have destroyed.

The head of the Indian army has also made a series of careless statements about Pakistan in the past, which served to intensify tensions between the two countries.

Tensions among rivals with nuclear weapons that were involved in a military confrontation in February have remained high this year, but they increased dramatically after India revoked the autonomy of occupied Kashmir on August 5.