US EditionIndia-Pakistan Tensions Escalate With Deadly Airstrikes and Retaliation Threats
- On May 7, 2025, India launched Operation Sindoor with airstrikes targeting nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
- The strikes followed a deadly April 26 attack killing 26 Indian tourists in Jammu and Kashmir, which India blames on Islamabad-based militants but Pakistan denies.
- India described the strikes as focused and non-escalatory, while Pakistan called them an act of war and responded with shelling along the Line of Control.
- Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak posted that India is "justified in striking terrorist infrastructure" and no nation should accept cross-border terrorist attacks.
- The escalation raised global concerns with calls for restraint from the UN and world powers, while Pakistan offered conditional de-escalation if India halts military actions.
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Pakistan says 26 killed in Indian strikes as tensions rise after Kashmir massacre
Pakistan’s leader condemned the strikes and called it an act of war. India said it struck infrastructure used by militants linked to last month’s massacre of tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.
India-Pakistan tension: Pakistan defense minister Khawaja Asif hints at withdrawal
The Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, carrying out a series of precision strikes targeting nine terror targets, including terror camps and launchpads, in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Ministry of Defence confirmed the strikes early Wednesday, calling them a “focused, measured and non-escalatory” response to the recent attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, where terrorists brutally killed 26 civilians after ide…
Pakistan calls India's strikes an 'act of war' and claims it shot down Indian fighter jets
Pakistan is calling airstrikes launched by India an "act of war" Wednesday, with its military claiming it shot down five Indian fighter jets in retaliation. The strikes targeted at least nine sites "where terrorist attacks against India have been planned," India’s Defense Ministry said. Pakistan's military said the missiles hit six locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country’s eastern Punjab province, killing at least 26 people…
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