India and Pakistan have traded accusations over cross-border firing in the disputed region of Kashmir that has killed at least 24 people since Friday.In held Kashmir, Indian forces have killed 24 Kashmiris including two young boys in the month of November 2016.
Eight civilians, including two children, were killed after Pakistani artillery hit two areas on Tuesday, Indian officials said.
Pakistan said Indian gunfire killed six civilians on its side on Monday.
Tensions have flared over the long-running dispute since an Indian army base was attacked in September.
Shelling across the de-facto border in recent days has created a "tragic humanitarian crisis", the chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir says.
Mehbooba Mufti called on both sides to calm the perilously hostile situation on the Line of Control (LoC), which has seen intense exchanges of fire between the two armies.
Indian army sources told the Press Trust of India that two Pakistani soldiers were also killed on Tuesday.
An Indian soldier and civilian were killed a day earlier, reports say. Six people were killed in Nakyal and Tatta Pani sectors on the Pakistani side on Friday and Saturday, the government in Islamabad says.
According to data compiled, of the 24 killed, one youth was killed in a fake encounter, said a press release issued today.
During the month, 352 people were critically injured when Indian police and paramilitary personnel used brute force on peaceful demonstrators while 202 civilians, mostly Hurriyet leaders and youth, were arrested.
The troops also damaged and ransacked 121 residential houses during the period. Indian troops disgraced at least 15 women while one woman was widowed and a child was orphaned during the last month.
