<p>The Indian Army must retaliate with "double the force" if Pakistani military fires on the Jammu and Kashmir border, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The minister told journalists Tuesday night that Indian troops do not breach the 2003 ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />"I would say, don't agitate, react appropriately but without holding yourself back. When something happens, retaliate with double the force," he said. <br /><br />"If terrorists attack any defence establishment, the instruction is (to) neutralise them without losing any men," he added. <br /><br />The minister's response came as a soldier was injured when Pakistani forces Tuesday fired at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pallanwalla sector.<br /><br />Parrikar, however, said that the number of border firing incidents had fallen along the LoC.<br />"(This) has come down along the LoC. It had increased along the (international border).<br /><br /> But even that has gone down in the last two months compared to last year," he said.<br />The LoC and the international border divide Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Pakistan controls the northern third of the state, and India the southern two-third.</p>
<p>The Indian Army must retaliate with "double the force" if Pakistani military fires on the Jammu and Kashmir border, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The minister told journalists Tuesday night that Indian troops do not breach the 2003 ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />"I would say, don't agitate, react appropriately but without holding yourself back. When something happens, retaliate with double the force," he said. <br /><br />"If terrorists attack any defence establishment, the instruction is (to) neutralise them without losing any men," he added. <br /><br />The minister's response came as a soldier was injured when Pakistani forces Tuesday fired at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pallanwalla sector.<br /><br />Parrikar, however, said that the number of border firing incidents had fallen along the LoC.<br />"(This) has come down along the LoC. It had increased along the (international border).<br /><br /> But even that has gone down in the last two months compared to last year," he said.<br />The LoC and the international border divide Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Pakistan controls the northern third of the state, and India the southern two-third.</p>