MojNews-The Pakistani army on Saturday claimed that India &#۳۹;s armed forces used banned cluster munitions to target civilians near the de facto border dividing the disputed Kashmir valley, claims immediately denied by India.

Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR), the Pakistani army&#۳۹;s media wing, said in a statement that the Indian army had used cluster munitions to "deliberately target" civilians -- including women and children -- in the Neelum Valley near Kashmir&#۳۹;s line of control (LoC), in violation of the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law .

It added that Indian soldiers targeted civilians in the region via artillery using cluster munitions on Tuesday night, killing two civilians, including a ۴-year-old boy, and critically injuring ۱۱.

Due to their severe impact on non-combatants, the use of cluster munitions is prohibited under the ۲۰۰۸ international Convention on Cluster Munitions.

But India&#۳۹;s army dismissed the claims of cluster munitions use as "lie, deceit, and deception."