India pulled missiles on Pakistan, which immediately replied with artillery fire.
While violence has left at least 16 dead in civilians, the international community calls for calm.
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Eight dead in an Indian village
At least 8 people were killed in the Indian village of Poonch (northwest) during the artillery fire between India and Pakistan on Wednesday at their border in the contested region of Kashmir, we learned from a local official.
A total of 29 other people were injured during these bombings, this official, Azhar Majid told AFP.
Indian planes crash
Three Indian Air Force hunters crashed on Indian territory, for reasons which were not immediately specified, during the fights between the two countries on Wednesday, Indian security source was learned.
The debris of two of these devices were found in the Indian part of cashmere, the other in the state of the Pendjab (northwest), this source said on condition of anonymity, without giving precision on the fate of the pilots.
Artillery shots
Intense artillery fire opposed India and Pakistan on Wednesday along their disputed border in cashmere, a few hours after Indian strikes on Pakistani soil in retaliation for the murderous attack on April 22.
These violent exchanges killed at least eight civilians on the Pakistani side, including a 3-year-old girl, and injured 35 others, according to the army spokesman, general Ahmed Chaudhry. India has said the death of three civilians on its territory.
Hello and welcome to this live, we will follow together the latest information of the day on the conflict that broke out between India and Pakistan this Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Indian strikes on several Pakistani sites, followed by a response from Islamabad and exchanges of artillery fire, have already killed several people from the disputed border.
-Two weeks after the attack which killed 26 people in Pahalgam, in the Indian part of the cashmere, India put its threats. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, she pulled missiles on nine sites sheltering according to her “Terrorist infrastructures” In Pakistan, which she accuses of being responsible for the attack, which Islamabad denies. “The Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor by hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan (…), hence the terrorist attacks against India were organized and directed,” the Indian government said in a short declaration.
The Pakistani response was quick, in the form of artillery fire targeting several points located on Indian territory. Intense artillery shots oppose this two countries along their disputed border on the cashmere border on Wednesday, May 7.
These violent exchanges killed at least eight civilians on the Pakistani side, including a 3-year-old girl, and injured 35 others, according to the army spokesman, General Ahmed Chaudhry. India has said the death of three civilians on its territory.
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Committed to the night, the battle continued at daybreak at the border, especially around the Indian village of Poonch targeted by many Pakistani shells, according to AFP journalists. The locality was surmounted by a cloud of black smoke and shaken at regular intervals of very strong explosions, they noted.
Asked by the press, Donald Trump said he hoped that clashes between India and Pakistan “Stop very quickly”.
“The world cannot afford a military confrontation”for his part pleaded the spokesperson of the secretary general in the UN.
