New Delhi: The army has hit Pakistani positions after the latter targeted Indian forward posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara, a defence spokesperson said.

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in the counter attack late on Monday night, the army said.The two Pakistani soldiers were shot dead at Tangdhar sector while they were trying to give covering fire to infiltrators, the army said.On Monday, an army jawan, Sepoy Pushpendra Singh, was killed on the Line of Control when he and his unit challenged a group of infiltrators.

The army then launched a counter attack to prevent Pakistani forces from pushing infiltrators via Tangdhar sector, 95 km from Srinagar."In retaliatory action to unprovoked ceasefire violations and repeated attempts to facilitate infiltration by Pakistan Army in Tangdhar sector, own troops carried out calibrated operations last night in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed," Srinagar-based defence spokesperson Colonel Rajesh Kalia said.More details are awaited.