India introduces military strikes in Pakistan

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India and Pakistan went to an open military conflict after New Delhi began air strikes against a neighbor in connection with a deadly warrior last month for tourists in Kashmir with Indians.

Pakistan claimed that he had shot down five Indian military jet and a combat drone in response to a strike, which seemed to be the most effective military attack in India on his neighbor for decades.

India stated that they had conducted “precise strikes” in the “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and part of the disputed cashmere region, which is managed by Pakistan.

The Ministry of Defense of India did not specify the location of strikes, but stated: “No Pakistani military facilities were targeted.” He said that his attacks were “concentrated, measured and non -important.”

Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, a spokesman for Pakistan, told 26 Pakistani journalists, with 46 other wounded, since India began assault early in the morning on Wednesday morning. He said that 16 people were killed by Indian strikes in Pendjab, the first to hit the province of Heartland 120 MN over decades. He added that the dead include two three -year -old girls and seven women.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif called the “act of war” and said on the Social Media platform X that his country has “all the right to react forcely … and a strong reaction is actually given.”

Pakistani military and diplomatic officials told the Financial Times that they shot down five Indian fighters, including three French Rafale and two Russian aircraft, during Wednesday’s skirmish.

They claimed that the plane tried to slow down in Pakistan from the Indian airspace and said they reacted, shooting them over part of India cashmere.

India did not immediately confirm Pakistan’s claims.

The conflict between the two neighbors who claim that Kashmir boiled after killing the bandits 25 Indians and a Nepalese citizen In Pahalgam, a tourist place in Kashmir administered by the Indians, April 22.

Modi answered, swearing “find, follow and punish every terrorist” responsible for the attack that the Indians shocked and angry.

In a statement that is not assigned to any official, India announced from day to day that he had “reliable potential potential clients, technical contribution, testimonies of survivors and other evidence indicating the clear involvement of Pakistan terrorists” in the Pahalgam attack.

Police in Kashmir said that they were looking for three men, including two Pakistani citizens, in connection with the attack, and associated them with Lashkar-E-Tiba, a group responsible for terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008.

Pakistan denied any commitment to the attack in Kashmir and called for independent investigation.

In response to the Pahalgam India attack, they suspended the treaty under which they share water with Pakistan in the Indus river basin, and both countries have rapidly lowered their relations, closing the airspace and ports, suspending trade and closing the land border.

India called Wednesday’s attack on Pakistan “Sindoor Operation”, reference to the red Hindu sign is worn in the breakdown of hair, a traditional Indian symbol of marriage. A photo of the wedding couple attacked in Pahalgam, with his wife kneeling through the husband of her husband, was widely divided in India after the attack.

Hindus were preparing for the likely Pakistani military reaction. On Tuesday, before night strikes, the Ministry of the Interior of India ordered a nationwide tormenting exercise for readiness in the event of a failure and civil defense.

Sharif, the leader of Pakistan, convened a meeting of the National Security Committee to Wednesday morning. Pakistan closed the airspace and closed the schools in the Kashmir part in which he manages, in the capital of Islamabad and throughout the Pendżab, the province of over 120 mm people.

“In the coming hours, Pakistan will take place in a sense in a sense,” said Raja Mohan, an Indian analyst of international affairs. “In the meantime, diplomacy is happening behind the scenes, and the US will be involved at a certain level.”

Washington, who has close ties with both India and Pakistan, called for restraint. US President Donald Trump called strikes “shame” and said that he hopes that the conflict “will end soon”.

China, which borders on both countries, said that India’s military operation was “regrettable” and called both sides to maintain restraint.