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India beats Pakistan and escalates the tensions about the terrorist attack in Kashmir

Peshawar, Pakistan-India launched rockets on neighbors and Rivalpistan on Wednesday and dramatically escalated the tensions between the nuclear powers two weeks after a terrorist attack on Kashmir, which were killed in India, in which 26 people were killed.

She called Pakistan a “act of war” and said the strikes, which, according to India, met nine locations in Pakistani province of Punjab and Pakistan-settled Kashmir, killed 26 people and injured 46. Among the dead were six people who were killed in two mosques, and two teenagers who were killed elsewhere said Pakistani officials.

India said the strikes had only “terrorist camps” and no civil or military goals. It said it had “considerable reluctance” in its target selection.

“Our actions were concentrated in nature, measured and non-escalatory,” said the Indian Ministry of Defense in a declaration.

After the strikes caused by power outages at different locations, several buildings were on fire. Videos published on social media and verified by NBC News. Some of the injuries were taken to the hospital in the hospital, and in another video a loud hissing sound can be heard before an explosion is a few meters from a lot of cyclists.

The residents evacuate their houses near a strike in Muzaffarabad in early Wednesday.Sajjad Qayyum / AFP via Getty Images

India accuses Pakistan last month of 26 civilians, mainly tourists, in the Indian part of Kashmir, a controversial Himalaya region that claims both India and Pakistan in its entirety. Pakistan, which India has long accused of supporting cross -border terrorism, denies the participation and demanded a “neutral” investigation of the attack of April 22, the fatalest against Indian civilians for almost two decades.

“It was expected that Pakistan would take measures against terrorists and the infrastructure that supports them,” said the Indian embassy in Washington in a statement. “Instead, Pakistan refused in the fourteen days and raised allegations of false flags against India.”

Pakistan promised a powerful reaction to the air strikes of India, With the security officers, NBC News said that the Pakistani forces had already shot five aircraft from the Indian Air Force and a drone. India has not confirmed the reports.

At least three civilians were also killed by Pakistani troops in the Indian -controlled cashmere, said the Indian army.

The strikes started at 1:05 a.m. (3:35 p.m. et Tuesday) and lasted 25 minutes, said Col. Sofiya Qureshi, an officer of the Indian army, a news information on Wednesday. India reacted with “precision ability” to avoid “collateral damage”, said CDR of the Indian Air Force. Vyomika Singh.

Neu -Delhi had a secret service that pointed out that “further attacks against India are imminent,” said Foreign Minister Vikram Misri in the news information. The strikes were both a reaction to the attack of the last month and a deterrent against future attacks.

“Pakistan has the right to give a robust reaction to this war act imposed by India, and in fact a strong answer is given,” said Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who convened a meeting of his National Security Committee on Wednesday morning.

In a statement, the Secretary General of the United Nations asked António Guterres the military of both countries to exercise reluctance.

“The world cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan,” he said.

The US Security Council said that the situation was aware of the situation and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio spoke to his colleagues in both countries.

“He encourages India and Pakistan to reopen a channel between their leadership to defuse the situation and prevent another escalation,” said spokesman Brian Hughes.

President Donald Trump used to speak to reporters and called the conflict “a shame” and said: “I just hope that it will end very quickly.”

China, which borders on both countries, described the strikes as “regrettable” and asked both sides to “act in the greater interest of peace and stability”.

The leaders in India welcomed the strikes, with defense minister Rajnath Singh “Fame for Mother India!” Said! While Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said, “The world does not have to show tolerance for terrorism.”

After evacuating her home in Muridke, a family gathered about 30 km from Lahore on May 7, 2025.
A family gathered after being evacuated in Muridke outside of Lahore on Wednesday.Murtaz Ali / AFP via Getty Images

When Dawn broke, Pakistan announced that all schools in Punjab and the Islamabad main area would be closed for this day. The commercial flights were also interrupted and some airports were reportedly closed.

The strikes were known as an operation in relation to the red vermilion that newly married Hindu women wear in their hair to symbolize love and dedication. During the attack on a group of tourists in Kashmir, militant non-Muslims identified and then separated the men of women and children and killed husbands in front of their women.

Muslim majority Pakistan and Hindu-Majority India have waged two of their three wars about Kashmir, the only region of the Muslim majority in India and one of the militarized places in the world. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist, said his revocation of Kashmir's Semi -Autonomous Status from 2019 had ended a separate uprising for decades and blooming tourism, a story that was smashed from the attack last month.

Since the attack, India has threatened to disturb Pakistan's water supply and to close the only functional land limit. There was also a procedure in Kashmir, with officials carried out hundreds of arrests and the family houses had demolished alleged militants.

The two countries have closed their air spaces to the airlines of the other, suspended or revoke some visas for the other of the other. India also held civilian defense exercises while Pakistan has rockets with tests.

Mushtaq Yusufzai reported from Peshawar and Hong Kong.

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