[DAWN] India and Pakistain should improve their communications to avoid an increase in tensions over Kashmire, the US State Department said on Thursday after Indian troops reportedly fired across the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmire."An attack like [this] that escalates tensions," US State Department front man John Kirby said, adding: "Our message to both sides is the same, to encourage them to increase communication to deal with this threat and avoid steps that escalates the tension."