India pulled missiles in several places in a territory controlled by Pakistani Wednesday Wednesday – killing at least eight people, including a child, according to the military spokesperson in Pakistan, that the head of this country called an act of war.
At least three civilians were also killed in reprisal bombings by Pakistani troops in cashmere under Indian control, the Indian army said in a statement.
India said it was a striking infrastructure used by activists linked to the tourist massacre last month in its part of the cashmere.
Tensions have skyrocketed between nuclear weapons neighbors since this attack, that India blamed Pakistan for support. Islamabad denied the accusation.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the air strikes on Wednesday and said that “the deceptive enemy had led loose attacks” and that his country would retaliate.
“Pakistan has the right to give a solid response to this act of war imposed by India, and a strong response is indeed given,” said Sharif.
India pulled missiles from the territory controlled by Pakistan and Pakistanis in several places early Wednesday Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including a child, announced the Pakistani authorities. India said it was a striking infrastructure used by activists.
He said that his country and his armed forces “know very well how to face the enemy”. Sharif summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee for Wednesday morning.
The missiles have struck locations to cashmere administered by Pakistan and in the country’s eastern Punjab province.
Pakistan military spokesperson, lieutenant-general Ahmed Sharif, said India had launched attacks on six different places, killing eight people and injuring 38 others. He said in television remarks that five civilians were killed in Ahmedpur East in Punjab province and three people were killed in other places.
Pakistani television managed by the state, citing security officials, said the Air Force of Pakistan had shot five Indian planes but had provided no additional details. There was no immediate comment from India on the claim of Pakistan.
Shortly after the attacks, an aircraft fell on a school building on the outskirts of the main city of cashmere under Indian control, according to the police and residents of Srinagar.
“There was a huge fire in the sky. Then we also heard several explosions,” said Mohammed Yousuf Dar, a resident in the south of the village of Wuyan in the region of Pamphe, where the incident occurred.
The firefighters fought for hours to put out the fires. Police and military officials immediately sealed the area.
Another plane fell into an open field in the village of Bharda Kalan, near the south of the city of Akhoror, near the control line in the cashmere controlled by India shortly after the strikes.
Sachin Kumar, a village resident, told the Associated Press that he had heard massive explosions followed by a huge fireball.
Kumar said he and several other villagers rushed to the scene and found two pilots with injuries. The two were then taken by the Indian army.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan said that Indian forces had launched strikes while remaining in Indian airspace. The other affected locations were near Muridke at Punjab and Kotli at the cashmere controlled by Pakistan.
He said the attack would have led to civilian victims and formed a significant threat to commercial air traffic.
“This reckless escalation brought the two nuclear arms states closer to a major conflict,” the statement said.
Several airlines, including the largest airline in India, Indigo, Air India and Qatar Airways, have canceled theft in the India and Pakistan regions due to airport and airspace closings.
The Ministry of Defense of India said that at least nine sites were targeted “where terrorist attacks against India have been planned”.
“Our actions have been targeted, measured and not climbed. No Pakistani military installation has been targeted,” said the press release, adding that “India has demonstrated a considerable restriction in the selection of targets and the execution method”.
“We are up to the commitment that managers of this attack will be held responsible,” the statement said.
The Armed Forces of India used precision weapons systems, which targeted the siege of the militant groups Jaish-e-Mohammed in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-E-Taiba in Muridke, according to officials.
Amitabh Mattoo, the founding director From Australia India Institute, the Indian government had undergone increasing pressure to respond to attacks by militant groups.
“There was growing public pressure and growing advice [from] The strategic analysts of India, unless India agrees, there will be no deterrence, ” He said Australian broadcaster ABC News.
The world cannot afford confrontation: the UN
The United Nations spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday evening that UN secretary general, António Guterres, was very concerned about Indian military operations in Pakistan and Kashmir administered by Pakistan, and called for maximum military deduction from the two countries.
“The world cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan,” said the spokesperson.
The Ministry of Pakistan Foreign Affairs said that Islamabad informed the United Nations Security Council on Indian attacks and told him that “Pakistan reserves the right to respond appropriately to this assault at a time and its choice”.
Meanwhile, in the city of Muzaffarabad, resident Abdul Sammad said he had heard several explosions and that some people were injured in the attack. Residents were seen running in panic and the authorities immediately reduced power.
The explosions torn the walls. The inhabitants inspected the damage to their houses the day after the missile attacks, with rubble and other debris that crashed under the feet. People took refuge in the streets and in the open areas, fearing what could happen.
“We were afraid that the next missile could hit our house,” said Mohammad Ashraf.
The cashmere authorities under control of Pakistan have declared an emergency in hospitals in the region.
Pakistan has closed its schools in the province of Kashmir and Punjab, the province of Punjab after the missiles. He had already closed religious seminars in cashmere in anticipation of an attack on India.
Along the control line, which divides the disputed region of cashmere between India and Pakistan, there have been heavy exchanges of fire between the two armies.
The Indian army said that Pakistani troops “have used arbitrary fire”, including shots and artillery bombings, on the other side of the control line and their international border.
Meanwhile, the cashmere authorities under Indian control closed the airport in the city of Srinagar for civilian flights following Indian Air Force departments, said Javed Anjum, airport manager.
South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman, told the Associated Press that missile strikes early in the morning were one of the most intensity of India for years and that Pakistan’s response “would surely also punch.”
“These are two strong soldiers who, even with nuclear weapons as deterrent, are not afraid to deploy significant levels of conventional military force against each other,” said Kugelman.
“The risks of climbing are real. And they could increase well, and quickly.”
