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India-Pakistan in new peace talks India and Pakistan resume talks
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India and Pakistan are due to hold a fresh round of talks to review their peace process. Top Indian and Pakistani officials are holding talks in Islamabad to review the two countries' peace process.
It comes a day after India's army accused Pakistani troops of firing across the de facto border for the second time in less than a week. The meeting is the first since a new civilian government took over in Pakistan. Talks were postponed after political instability there last year.
The army said one Indian soldier had been killed during Monday's attack. Pakistan has denied any involvement. They come a day after India said one of its soldiers had been killed in firing across the de facto border. Pakistan has denied any involvement.
It is thought to be the first such allegations by India since the two countries struck a ceasefire in 2003. Four years of peace talks have made little headway over disputed Kashmir.
Militants have been fighting Indian rule in Kashmir since 1989 at a cost of more than 60,000 lives. 'New policy'
Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir opened the talks in Islamabad on Tuesday.
More discussions - between Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi - will follow on Wednesday.
The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says the visit will review progress made in the last round of the peace process, and prepare for the next stage.
But perhaps more importantly, our correspondent says, Pranab Mukherjee will be meeting senior political leaders to gauge the new government's policy towards India.
Although little progress has been made on the status of the Muslim majority region of Kashmir, which is divided between the two states, relations have improved.
President Pervez Musharraf floated some new proposals on Kashmir.
And he also reduced the infiltration of Islamist militants from Pakistan, who are fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.
The Indians have often blamed these militants for attacks within their country, but they did not do so after recent bombings in the city of Jaipur.
Analysts say the newly elected government is likely to carry on the precedent set by Mr Musharraf, but rifts within Pakistan's new coalition suggest further political instability, and may hinder progress.
'Baseless''Baseless'
Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon will meet his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir in Islamabad on Tuesday. Violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir has reduced markedly since a 2003 ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
Correspondents say this week's incidents on the Line of Control that divides the disputed region of Kashmir are likely to be discussed. But recent firing incidents across the Line of Control and rare allegations of ceasefire breaches underline how fragile the peace is.
The talks will be followed by more between Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday.
Indian army spokesman SD Goswami said there had been "unprovoked" firing from Pakistani troops on Indian posts across the Line of Control in the Poonch area on Monday morning.Indian army spokesman SD Goswami said there had been "unprovoked" firing from Pakistani troops on Indian posts across the Line of Control in the Poonch area on Monday morning.
A soldier had died after he was hit by shrapnel during the attack, he said.A soldier had died after he was hit by shrapnel during the attack, he said.
Mr Goswami said there was no attempt by militants to cross the border from Pakistan during the incident. "There was no firing from this side," said Pakistan's military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas.
Last week, India's army said Pakistani troops had fired on Indian soldiers cross the Tanghdar sector of the Line of Control. It is the second time in less than a week that India's army has accused Pakistani troops of firing across the de facto border.
The army described it as a "ceasefire violation by the Pakistani army". Last week, Pakistan's army said allegations that its troops had breached the ceasefire were baseless.
Pakistan's army said the allegations were "baseless".
Violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir has reduced markedly since the 2003 ceasefire.
However, eight people were killed recently in a firefight in Samba district when militants were confronted by security forces.
Despite the reduced violence, little political progress has been made on the future of the Kashmir region.