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A Newsweek map based on information from Indian intelligence shows the locations of Indian strikes on Pakistani targets in response to an attack on tourists in Kashmir which India alleged had links to Pakistan.
Pakistan's government denied any links and has threatened to strike back at India if it escalates its military action further.
Why It Matters
The escalation has pushed the two nuclear-armed states closer to a major confrontation. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors escalated after gunmen killed 26 people—mostly Indian tourists—in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month.
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What To Know
Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan clashed on Wednesday when India launched missile strikes on multiple sites in Pakistan-controlled territory, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, according to Pakistani security officials. Pakistani security officials said the country launched retaliatory strikes. Indian officials said at least 10 civilians were killed in shelling by Pakistani forces.
The missile strikes hit sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Punjab province with India's Defense Ministry saying the targeted locations were "sites where terrorist attacks against India have been planned."
On April 22, gunmen from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba offshoot, The Resistance Front (TRF), ambushed a group of tourists in a mountain meadow near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir—mostly killing Hindu pilgrims and vacationers. Assailants fired on unarmed men, women and children inuring around 20 others.
Indian armed forces said they attacked sites belonging to three Pakistan-based militant groups—Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)—which India and several other countries have designated as terrorist organizations, though Pakistan said the strikes hit civilian targets.
Pakistan denies Indian allegations that its military and intelligence services support anti-Indian militant groups. Pakistan has issued a warning to India, demanding an end to its military operations or risk further escalation following Indian airstrikes under 'Operation Sindoor'.
What People Are Saying
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif: "Pakistan has every right to give a robust response to this act of war imposed by India, and a strong response is indeed being given."
India's Defense Ministry, in a statement: "Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistan military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office: "It's a shame, we just heard about it... I guess people knew something was going to happen, based on a little bit of the past. They have been fighting for a long time."
What Happens Next
The U.S. is urging an end to the fighting as diplomatic efforts intensify to prevent further escalation between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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