India, Pakistan trade Kashmir warnings

(ANSA) - Rome, October 9 - India and Pakistan on Thursday traded warnings over a surge in violence in Kashmir which has killed at least 19 people.
    Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said his country would "respond befittingly to Indian aggression" but it did not want an open clash with another nuclear-armed country. His Indian counterpart, Arun Jaitley, had earlier said Pakistan would be made to pay an "unaffordable" price if it persisted with "adventurism". Each side accuses the other of starting hostilities which broke out a week ago.
    Exchanges in the disputed area are not uncommon but rarely result in fatalities.
    So the violence is some of the worst in a decade.
    Of the 19 civilians killed since fighting began last Friday, 11 are on the Pakistani side while eight are on the Indian side.