Muzaffarabad, Pakistan/New Delhi: India attacked Pakistan and Pakistan Kashmir on Wednesday, and Pakistan said he had shot down five Indian fighter aircraft in the worst struggle for more than two decades among the enemies of nuclear weapons.
India said it hit nine Pakistani “terrorist infrastructure infrastructure”, some of which were associated with the attack of Islamist militants on Hindu tourists who killed 26 people in Kashmir, India, India. Islamabad said that six Pakistani places were focused, eight people were killed.
Indian forces attacked the headquarters of Islamic militant groups Jaish-E-Mohammed and Lashkar-E-Taba, told Reuters Indian Source of Defense.
“India has shown a significant reduction in the selection of goals and methods of execution,” the Indian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Pakistan said Indian missiles hit three places and a military spokesman told Reuters five Indian aircraft were shot down, which did not confirm India.
“All these obligations were taken as a defense measure,” said military military spokesman Ahmed Shaudhry. “Pakistan remains a very responsible state. However, we are taking all the steps necessary to defend honor, the integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan at all costs.”
Islamabad described the attack as a “obvious war act” and stated that he informed the UN Security Council that Pakistan had reserved the right to respond to Indian aggression.
Nuclearly armed with South Asian neighbors also exchanged intensive shelling and severe shooting on most of their de facto borders in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, police and witnesses told Reuters.
Since 1947, India and Pakistan have fought for two wars over the Muslim majority of Kashmir, which both sides partly claim and control.
Since 2003, targeted strikes have been very rare among neighbors, especially Indian strikes on Pakistani areas outside Pakistan Kashmir, since 2003, in which both countries are recommended in 2021.
However, analysts said that the risk of escalation is higher than in the recent past due to the severity of the Indian attack, which the new Delhi called the “Sindoor operation”.
US President Donald Trump described this situation as “shame” and added, “I hope it will end fast.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for maximum military restrictions from both countries, the spokesman said.
Smoke, fire
Pakistani military spokesman said eight people were killed in Indian strokes, 35 were injured and two were missing.
The shelling of the Pakistani army across the border in Kashmir killed three civilians, the Indian army said.
Indian television channels showed videos about explosions, fire, large clouds of smoke in the night sky, and people fled in several places in Pakistan and Pakistan Kashmir. Reuters could not independently verify the shots.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Islamabad responded to Indian attacks, but did not provide details. Pakistani thoughtful province of Pandjab declared an emergency situation, said its main minister and hospital, and the emergency services were high standby.
Pakistani military spokesman Geo said that there were two mosques among the locations affected by India. Pakistani Defense Minister said Geo that all places were civilian and not militant camps.
He said the Indian claim to focus on “terrorist camps are false”.
After the Indian strikes, the Indian army on Wednesday stated in the paper on X: “Justice is given.”
Futures shares, impact on airline
A spokesman for the Indian embassy in Washington told Reuters that the evidence showed “the clear involvement of terrorists based on Pakistan in this terrorist attack”, referring to the April tourist killing.
India said two of the three suspects in this attack were Pakistani nationals, but did not give her evidence. Pakistan denied that it has to do with April killing.
Strike reports slightly influenced Indian futures at the share, with a gift skilful to 24 311, 0.3% below the last end of 24 379.6 on Tuesday.
Several airlines including the largest Indian airlines, Indigo, Air India and Qatar Airways canceled flights in the areas of India and Pakistan to close airports and airspace
India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval spoke to US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and other higher Indian officials informed counterparts in Britain, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Indian source Reuters.
The Indian strike goes far beyond the reaction of the new Delhi to previous attacks in Kashmir accused of Pakistan. These include the Indian air strike to Pakistan after 40 Indian paramilitary police and India retaliation for the death of 18 soldiers in 2016 were killed in Kashmir.
“Given the extent of the Indian strike, which was much larger than we saw in 2019, we can expect a considerable Pakistani reaction,” said Michael Kugelman, analyst of South Asia based in Washington and writer of foreign policy magazine.
“All eyes will be on the next Indian move. We had a strike and a counterattack, and what would happen next will be the strongest indication of how serious it could be a crisis,” he said.
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