India and Pakistan are again engaging in another "War of the Words" with India this time claiming to have killed seven Pakistani soldiers in a furious exchange of fire across the Line of Control and Pakistan again saying no such incident occurred.

The first time this bewildering "word war" took place was last Sept. 28 when India said it launched "surgical strikes" of artillery fire against Muslim Kashmiri militants inside Pakistan while Pakistan said nothing of the sort happened.

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In round two, which took place Oct. 21, the Indian Army said its retaliatory fire killed seven men of the Pakistan Army along the disputed Kashmir border.

India's Border Security Force (BSF) said Pakistan Rangers fired at their positions with sniper fire early on the morning of Oct. 21 after a unsuccessful overnight attempt by Muslim Kashmiri fighters to cross the border near the city of Jammu in Indian-administered Kashmir.

"During intermittent firing of small arms and area weapons, one militant and seven Rangers were shot dead," said the BSF said in a statement.

BSF spokesman Shubhendu Bhardwaj said the border troops launched an "aggressive offensive" after one of their soldiers was severely wounded by sniper fire from across the border.

"There was an infiltration attempt and sniper fire. We retaliated. The bodies are on the other side of the border," said Bhardwaj.

Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa, Pakistani army spokesman, vehemently denied the claim, accusing India of unprovoked shooting across the heavily militarized Line of Control demarcating Indian-administered Kashmir from Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

"Indian claim of hitting or killing any Pakistani soldier/Ranger with firing at anytime of today at LOC/ working bdry absolutely false," tweeted Gen. Bajwa.

All this confusing "he said, he said" sprang from an attack on Sept. 18 by Muslim Kashmiri militants on an Indian Army base at Uri that killed 19 jawans.

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