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India launches military strikes on Pakistan

New Delhi takes action after linking Islamabad to militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir

Pakistan’s security forces stand outside a damaged building at the site of a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday © M.D. Mughal/AP

Pakistan’s security forces stand outside a damaged building at the site of a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday © M.D. Mughal/AP

India said it had launched strikes on nine sites in Pakistan amid mounting tensions following a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours have been rising since last month when New Delhi linked Islamabad to an attack that killed 26 people.

While India’s defence ministry did not specify the locations of the “precision strikes” that took place early on Wednesday local time, it said they were “hitting terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

 

Reuters reported that explosions were heard in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and there was a power cut © Reuters
Reuters reported that explosions were heard in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and there was a power cut © Reuters

 

The ministry added that “no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted”, saying India’s attacks were “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature”. But Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif called India’s strikes an “act of war” and said on social media platform X that his country has “every right to give a robust response . . . and a strong response is indeed being given”.

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Author: Krishn Kaushik in Mumbai and Humza Jilani in Islamabad

Source: Financial Times

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