India has confirmed carrying out missile strikes on what it described as terrorist camps across the border in Pakistan, including areas in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Indian government, the operation targeted nine sites and was executed with “considerable restraint” in both target selection and method.
Pakistani security officials reported that missiles were fired into three locations along the border. The strikes mark a significant escalation in cross-border tensions, though India has framed the operation as a limited and precise response to security threats.
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More, as updates come in:
- Pakistan has closed its airspace to all flights, effective immediately – for 48 hours.
- Pakistan said five locations have been hit
- at least three died and 12 injured
- Pakistan’s response is underway
- India says all air defence units have been activated all along the India-Pakistan border
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The missile strikes carried out by India, were a response to a deadly terrorist attack that occurred two weeks earlier in the town of Pahalgam, located in Indian-administered Kashmir. On April 22, gunmen opened fire on a group of Hindu tourists, resulting in the deaths of 26 individuals and injuring several others. The Resistance Front, a militant group believed to be linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack.
India accused Pakistan’s military and intelligence services of orchestrating the massacre, an allegation that Islamabad has vehemently denied. In the aftermath, India undertook a series of retaliatory measures, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, expelling Pakistani diplomats, halting bilateral trade, and closing the Attari-Wagah border crossing. These actions significantly escalated tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors and set the stage for the subsequent missile strikes.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
