Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has actually called pre-dawn strikes by India on Pakistani soil an “act of war” and stated Islamabad reserves the right to “provide a strong action”.
Surges called out throughout Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir over night as India stated it was targeting 9 supposed militant hideouts in retaliation versus the mass shooting of travelers in April last month in Pahalgam.
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the Pakistani defence minister, informed Bloomberg that a minimum of 5 Indian airplanes have actually been downed. India stated 3 of its airplane had actually boiled down over Indian-administered Kashmir.
The defence minister at first declared Indian soldiers had actually likewise been recorded however later on withdrawed the remark.” We do not desire this scenario to intensify,” the minister stated.
A Pakistan military representative stated a minimum of 26 civilians were eliminated in India’s airstrikes, and a mosque was damaged.
Heavy shelling has actually happened throughout the night and early morning throughout the de facto border in Kashmir. The Indian army stated 10 Indian civilians had actually been eliminated by “indiscriminate” shooting.
India has actually blamed Pakistan for the 22 April Kashmir attack in which 26 males, primarily travelers, were eliminated, and pledged to react. Pakistan has actually rejected any participation in the killings.
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