According to the Pakistani Minister of Defense, three civilians were killed in the strikes, including a child.
India has led strikes in three regions of Pakistan, revealed the Indian army in a press release, citing two cities in the Pakistani cashmere as well as a third in the Pundjab, a border of India. “Not long ago, the Indian armed forces launched the Sindoor operation by hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan (…) hence the terrorist attacks against India were organized and directed”said the Indian government in a short declaration.
AFP correspondents in Pakistani cashmere and in the pendjab have heard several strong explosions. According to a military official quoted by the Pakistani news channel Ary News, Indian missile strikes were noted in the regions of Kotli, Bahwalpur and Muzaffarabad.
According to another military official quoted by Reuters, there were three dead and twelve injured in Indian strikes, according to a provisional assessment. “We have confirmed information on three civilians killed, including a child”he said, adding that India had “Aims for multiple targets, all civilians”confirmed the Pakistani Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif to AFP.
The Indian army indicates that it has targeted nine «sites»as part of the“Operation Sindoor”. She said, however, that none “Pakistani military installation has not been targeted”. “India has shown a considerable deduction in the choice of targets and the method of execution”also underlined the Indian army.
Pakistani artillery shots
Pakistan has retorted with artillery fire in Indian territory, according to the Indian army. “Pakistan has once again violated the ceasefire agreement by making artillery fire in the sectors of Bhimber Gali and Ponch-Rajauri” in Indian cashmere, the army said on its X account, specifying that it had “Rippled appropriately and calibrated”.
A few minutes earlier, the Pakistani forces had indicated that they “Riposte (have) when they choose (have)”. A general of the Pakistani army had also declared to the Pakistani news channel Ary News: “All our fighter planes are currently in flight. This loose and shameful attack was carried out from Indian airspace. They have never been allowed to enter the Pakistani airspace ”.
Trump reaction
Donald Trump reacted to the strikes, and said he hoped that clashes between India and Pakistan “Stop very quickly”. “It’s a shame. You know, they have been fighting for many decades and centuries, in fact, if you really think about it, I just hope that it will stop very quickly ”said the American president saying that he had heard about it when entering the oval office.
Since April 22, armed men have shot down 26 men in the part of the cashmere administered by India, the international community fears a new conflagration between the two nuclear powers, neighboring and rival since their partition in pain in 1947. Immediately after this attack, never claimed, New Delhi accused Islamabad. Pakistan denies.
But the Indian police ensure that they are looking for at least two Pakistani nationals among the attackers and their accomplices and assures that they are linked to the Let, the jihadist movement Lashkar-E-Taiba based in Pakistan, already suspected of the attacks which had left 166 dead in Bombay in 2008. One of the sites targeted in the night by the Indian army is the Subhan mosque, Bahawalpur, Linked according to Indian intelligence to groups close to the Let, including Jaish-e-Mohammed (Jem).
Water war
Shortly before these strikes, the US State Department had said that it had called India and Pakistan to work for a “Resolution responsible” of their dispute. New Delhi had just threatened “Cut the water” Who irrigates Pakistan, in retaliation for the murderous attack on April 22. The next day, India had suspended its participation in a water sharing treaty signed in 1960 with its neighbor.
Many experts and populations fear a military confrontation between the two nuclear powers, which have already delivered several wars. For the past ten nights, Indian soldiers and Pakistani have been exchanging light weapons along the border between their countries. Without having made victims for the moment, according to New Delhi
In recent days, Pakistan has for its part proceeded to two soil-to-ground missile tests. The one led on Saturday concerned a machine with a range of 450 km, the distance between the Pakistani border from the Indian capital New Delhi. India must precisely carry out civil defense exercises on Wednesday, according to its ministry of information, to prepare the population for “Protect yourself in the event of an attack”. In this climate, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the two countries on Monday to “Get away from the precipice”.
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