50-plus dead as India-Pakistan tensions escalate with drones and air strikes
- Over three days in early May 2025, India and Pakistan engaged in missile, artillery, drone, and air clashes near the Kashmir Line of Control, causing over 50 deaths.
- The clashes followed a terrorist attack on April 22 in Indian-administered Kashmir killing 26 mostly Hindu tourists, which India attributed to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba; Pakistan denied involvement.
- India launched air strikes on alleged terrorist camps in Pakistan on May 7, while Pakistan responded with drone and artillery attacks, leading to civilian casualties including children.
- Pakistani forces claimed to have shot down 77 Indian drones amid 300-400 attempted incursions, while India said it downed multiple Pakistani jets and repulsed attacks overnight.
- The conflict caused major disruptions to international flights and sports events, prompting global calls for restraint amid fears of escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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India's rulers trying to rewrite history: FO
Pakistan on Friday warned that New Delhi's reckless conduct had brought the two nuclear-armed states closer to a major conflict, condemning unequivocally India's illegal acts of violating its sovereignty. Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan told his weekly press briefing that India's "jingoism and war hysteria" should be a source of serious concern for the world, as it violated the UN Charter, international law, and established diplomat…
Pakistan says India has put neighbours ‘closer to major conflict’
Pakistan on Friday accused India of bringing the nuclear-armed neighbours "closer to a major conflict", as the death toll from three days of missile, artillery and drone attacks passed 50. The bloody escalation comes after an attack on tourists last month in the Indian-run part of disputed Kashmir that killed 26 people, and which New
Pakistan is "in the state of war", says Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country
"What they did to us, we need to answer. Therefore, we protect ourselves, but they will have the answer at the time we find the best," said the spokesman for the Pakistani Army, Ahmed Chaudhry. Pakistan's content is "in the state of war," says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country first appeared in Journal i.
Pakistan says India has brought neighbours ’closer to conflict’
Pakistan charged India on Friday with bringing the nuclear-armed neighbours "closer to a major conflict", as the death toll from three days of missile, artillery and drone attacks passed 50. The bloody escalation comes after an attack on tourists last month in the Indian-run part of disputed Kashmir that killed 26 people and which New Delhi accused Islamabad of backing - an allegation Pakistan denied. India responded with air strikes Wednesday o…

Pakistan says India has brought neighbours 'closer to major conflict'
Pakistan charged India Friday with bringing the nuclear-armed neighbours "closer to a major conflict", as the death toll from three days of missile, artillery and drone attacks passed 50.
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