"Will the world silently observe the ethnic cleansing in Kashmir, as it was with Srebrenica"

Pakistan's military and police said today that three soldiers and two civilians were killed by "unprovoked fire" by India along the Line of Control in Kashmir, a territory disputed between the two nuclear powers.

Pakistan's military said its troops returned fire, killing five Indian soldiers and damaging Indian bunkers along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir into Indian and Pakistani parts.

Reports say that three Pakistani soldiers were killed when Indian forces targeted their position in the town of Lipa, and that two civilians were killed by shells fired by India at a village in the town of Poonch.

It is the first armed conflict between Pakistan and India since New Delhi revoked the constitutional autonomy of Kashmir on August 5, which increased tensions with Islamabad.

Pakistan's military says the two sides are still exchanging fire.

So far, there is no confirmation of these claims from independent sources. Pakistan and India regularly accuse each other of unprovoked fire in Kashmir.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned today of the danger of a repeat of the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Kashmir, like the one 24 years ago in Srebrenica.

"Will the world silently watch the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Kashmir as it was with Srebrenica," Khan said on Twitter.

About 3.000 Pakistanis protested today in Islamabad, shouting slogans against India and carrying black flags, in order to draw the attention of the international community to human rights violations in Kashmir.

Both countries claim all of Kashmir, and the territorial dispute has led to two wars between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947.