Jammu, May 9 -- The cross-border artillery and mortar shelling from the Pakistani army along the Line of Control (LoC) has left behind a trail of death and destruction in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, with local residents mourning the loss of innocent lives, including four children.

The intensity of Pakistani shelling, which has been going on unprovoked for a few weeks in violation of ceasefire agreement, increased on Wednesday, hours after Indian armed forces conducted airstrikes on nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as part of Operation Sindoor, leaving 13 dead and 59 others injured, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday.

"Vihaan Bhargav, 13, son of my friend and colleague Sanj...