India and Pakistani border troops exchanged gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region overnight, forcing thousands of Kashmiris out of their homes.
Updated: August 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: India-Pakistan tensions rise over Kashmir
New recruits of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) perform drills during the passing out parade in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 28 August 2014. Farooq Khan/EPA
A total of 368 recruits were formally inducted into the CRPF, an Indian paramilitary force, after completing a 44-week training in physical fitness, weapon handling, commando operations and counter insurgency. Farooq Khan/EPA
A relative of Akram Hussain, a civilian killed in gunfire allegedly from the Pakistan side of the border, weeps at her village in Ranbir Singh Pura region, about 35 kilometers from Jammu, India on August 25, 2014. Channi Anand/AFP Photo
Thousands of Kashmiris were sleeping in shelters near the disputed region’s de-facto border where Indian and Pakistani border troops traded gunfire and shelling until dawn on Thursday, just hours after their commanders met in an effort to defuse escalating tensions. Channi Anand/AFP Photo
According to authorities from CRPF, 368 new policemen were formally inducted into the force after completing a 44-week training course and will be deployed in different parts of India. Danish Ismail/Reuters