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Pakistani ambassador to U.S. connected India tensions
India fired missiles astatine 3 aerial bases wrong Pakistan but astir of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan's service spokesperson said Saturday. It's the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre past month that India blames Pakistan for.
State-run Pakistan Television instantly said that retaliatory attacks were underway targeting "multiple locations successful India." Pakistan's subject says it targeted an Indian rocket retention installation and airbases successful Pathankot and Udhampur.
Pakistani service spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, said successful a televised code that the country's aerial unit assets were harmless pursuing the Indian strikes. He added that immoderate of the Indian missiles besides deed India's eastbound Punjab.
"This is simply a provocation of the highest order," Sharif said.
The Indian missiles targeted Nur Khan aerial basal successful the garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi, Murid aerial basal successful Chakwal metropolis and Rafiqui aerial basal successful the Jhang territory of eastbound Punjab province, according to the spokesman. There was nary contiguous remark from India.
Sharif said immoderate of the Indian missiles besides went into Afghanistan.
"I privation to springiness you the shocking quality that India fired six ballistic missiles from its metropolis of Adampur," said Sharif. One of the ballistic missiles deed Adampur, the remaining 5 missiles deed the Indian Punjab country of Amritsar."
The Indian service said successful a connection precocious Friday that drones were sighted successful 26 locations crossed galore areas Indian states bordering Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir, including region's Srinagar main city. It said the drones were tracked and engaged.
"The concern is nether adjacent and changeless watch, and punctual enactment is being taken wherever necessary," the connection said.
Tensions betwixt the nuclear-armed rivals person soared since an onslaught astatine a fashionable tourer site successful India-controlled Kashmir near 26 civilians dead, mostly Hindu Indian tourists, connected April 22. New Delhi has blamed Pakistan for backing the assault, an accusation Islamabad rejects.
On Wednesday, India conducted airstrikes connected respective sites successful Pakistani territory it described arsenic militant-related, sidesplitting 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. Pakistan said it changeable down 5 Indian combatant jets.
On Thursday, India said it thwarted Pakistani drone and rocket attacks astatine subject targets successful much than a twelve cities and towns, including Jammu metropolis successful Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan denied that it carried retired drone attacks. India said, meanwhile, that it deed Pakistan's aerial defence systems and radars adjacent to the metropolis of Lahore. The incidents could not beryllium independently confirmed.
India and Pakistan person already fought 3 wars implicit the disputed Himalayan portion of Kashmir. Both nations assertion each of Kashmir arsenic their ain territory, but each controls lone portion of it. Another, northeastern information of the portion is administered by China, which has agelong been a constituent of friction betwixt Delhi and Beijing.
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