Srinagar, April 27 -- Pakistani forces opened fire at multiple points along the Line of Control (LoC) for a second day on Saturday, an escalation in hostilities that threatens the February 2021 ceasefire agreement, officials aware of the matter said.

Scores of Indian posts across north Kashmir were targeted on Friday night, sparking the most extensive cross-border exchange in four years as the Pakistani salvo was returned, the officials said on Saturday, asking not to be named.

Unlike isolated, brief exchanges that were quickly resolved through established channels since the 2021 ceasefire agreement, the current pattern involves simultaneous salvos at multiple points across most of the 740-km frontier and has persisted with increasing f...