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"&lt;p&gt;At least nine people were killed Sunday in firing along the de facto India-Pakistan border in Kashmir, officials said, adding to the spike in deaths in recent days as New Delhi eased a curfew in the disputed region.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Tensions escalated between the nuclear-armed neighbours after India revoked Kashmir's autonomy on August 5 and imposed movement and communications restrictions to quell unrest.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Officials from the two countries accused each other of firing mortar rounds and small arms along the so-called Line of Control.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;&quot;Two soldiers and a civilian were killed and three others injured in the unprovoked fire by Pakistan,&quot; Indian Army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia told AFP of the &quot;unprovoked&quot; fire in the mountainous Tangdhar region of Kupwara district.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Several homes were damaged in the attack and three civilians were being treated in a hospital, he added.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Officials in Pakistan-administered Kashmir told AFP six civilians were killed and eight others wounded in Muzaffarabad and Neelum Valley.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;&quot;Mortar shells hit civilian houses and have so far martyred five people in Muzzafarabad and wounded six others,&quot; said Muzaffarabad deputy commissioner Badar Munir said.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Munir said the dead included three members of one family.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Neelum Valley official Akhtar Ayub said one civilian was killed and two injured.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;The shelling came after five people were killed in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, two days after New Delhi restored mobile phone and text services.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Indian authorities said repeatedly during the lockdown that Kashmir has been mostly peaceful.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Kashmir has been split between India and Pakistan since 1947 and was the spark of two wars and numerous skirmishes.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;An armed rebellion against Indian rule has raged in the valley since 1989, claiming tens of thousands of lives, mostly civilians.&lt;/p&gt;"
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