Pakistan’s military says it intercepted Indian missile attacks on three airbases as tensions between the nuclear powers continue to escalate.
Blasts rang out across Indian-administered Kashmir and the city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state, with the Indian military saying they were shooting down drones, while heavy cross-border artillery exchanges have also resumed.
Pakistan’s military says there will be “no de-escalation” with India until it has responded fully to India’s strikes on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s information minister says his country has engaged only in a “defensive response so far” to India’s attacks on his country, as Pakistan’s military said India launched attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two civilians.
At least 48 people have been reported killed so far – 32 of them in Pakistan – since India launched missiles on Wednesday that it said targeted “terrorist camps” in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Pakistan retaliated with a barrage of artillery strikes.
The clashes follow escalating tension between the two nuclear-armed countries since a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which India blamed on Pakistan. Pakistan has denied any involvement.
