Indian and Pakistani border guards traded gunfire in the divided region of Kashmir, leaving nine civilians dead and another 50 wounded, authorities said on Friday.

According to ABC News, both sides blamed each other for "unprovoked firing and shelling" on villages near disputed border in the Kashmir region that struck homes after midnight.

Tension has mounted between the two countries after talks between the national security advisers of the two counties were called off because of disagreements related largely to Kashmir.

Source: MENA