BSF Launches Operation Arjun, Pakistan Goes On Backfoot

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The approval to the proposals come amid increasing hostilities by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir as well as China's aggressive posturing in several sectors along the nearly 4,000-km-long Sino-India border. Image only for representational purpose

Sharma talked with his Pakistani counterpart on September 23 and then again on September 25. According to him, the Director General of Pakistan Rangers Punjab said their deployment was not such that they could cover all the points along the border. AFP PHOTO

After the BSF launched Operation Arjun following intermittent firing and ceasefire violations from across the border in Jammu region, Pakistani forces spoke to the Indian side and sought peace along the border, BSF Director General K.K. Sharma said on Wednesday.

I got a message from my counterpart, DG of Pakistan Rangers Punjab, that we should talk and I immediately responded and we talked to each other, he said. Image-Representational/AP