Pakistan’s leader promises to take revenge on India

Islamabad -India fired missiles to territory controlled by the Pakistani in several places on early Wednesday, killing at least 26 people, including a child, in what the leader of Pakistan called an act of war. India said he hit the infrastructure used by militants linked to The massacre of tourists last month in the portion of Kashmiro administered by the Indiansa mountainous region in dispute that neighbors with nuclear weapons have fought two previous wars.

Pakistan said he had demolished several Indian combat planes in retaliation, and three planes fell on towns in Kashmir administered by India, according to local media and witnesses. At least seven civilians were also killed in the region by Pakistani bombings, Indian police and doctors said.

The tension has shot between India and Pakistan since the terrorist attack in which armed men killed 26 people, mostly Indian Hindu tourists, in a popular meadow in Kashmir, in some cases they killed men while their wives looked at.

India has blamed Pakistan for supporting the attack, something that Islamabad has denied.

Kashmira, which is divided between the two countries but claimed in its entirety for each one, has been in the voltage center for decades.

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif condemned Wednesday’s air attacks and said previously that his country would retaliate.

“Pakistan has every right to give a robust response to this act of war imposed by India, and in fact a strong answer is being given,” Sharif said.

The country’s National Security Committee met on Wednesday morning, and Pakistan summoned the position of India to present a protest.

On a security alert published online on Wednesday, the American diplomatic mission in Pakistan said he was aware of the reports of Indian strikes in the country, saying that “it is still an evolutionary situation, and we are closely monitoring the developments.”

The alert reminded US citizens about the advice of “not traveling” for “areas near the border between India-Pakistan and the control line due to terrorism and the potential of armed conflicts”, as well as a broader warning so that Americans “reconsider travel” to all Pakistan. The alert said that Pakistani airspace was closed and many canceled flights.

“We advise US citizens who leave areas of active conflict if they can do it safely, or to take refuge in their place,” said the alert, along with a series of other recommendations.

However, there was a small hope of de -escalation, since, according to the reports, Pakistan reopened airports in several important cities on Wednesday afternoon, after the Indian strikes. The Pakistani media said the airports in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi were operating again after all the traffic stopped during the night. The Pakistani authorities did not immediately confirm a lifting of restrictions on air traffic.

Talking to News themezone by phone on Wednesday morning from Islamabad International Airport, passenger Dr. Wali Khan said that flight resumption was helping to reassure him after the increase in tension during the night.

“I was extremely concerned about my flight from Wednesday night, but now I feel more relaxed after the airline informs me that my takeoff will continue as it was originally scheduled,” he said.

In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a special meeting of the Cabinet Security Committee. A source told the Reuters news agency modi postponed a trip to Croatia, the Netherlands and Norway.

Mountains of concern

The South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman said he was one of the attacks of the highest intensity of India in his rival in years and that Pakistan’s response “surely would also generate a blow.”

“These are two strong military who, even with nuclear weapons as a deterrent, are not afraid to display considerable levels of conventional military force from each other,” Kugelman said. “The risks of climbing are real. And they could well increase, and quickly.”

Stephane Dujarric, a United Nations spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday night that Secretary General Antonio Guterres requested the highest restriction because the world could not “pay a military confrontation” between India and Pakistan.

Several Indian states planned civil defense drills later on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Interior of India, to train civilians and security personnel to respond in case of “hostile attacks,” said the ministry in a statement. Such exercises in India are rare in times without crisis.

Indian politicians from different political parties praised strikes. “Victoria to the Indian mother”, the Minister of Defense of India, Rajnath Singh, wrote in X.

The main opposition party of India requested the national unity and said it was “extremely proud” of the country’s army. “We applaud its resolved and courage resolution,” said the president of the Congress Party, Mallikarjun Kharge.

Details about military action

The Army of India said the operation was called “Sindor”, a Hindi word for the bright red bermellón used by married Hindu women on the forehead and hair, referring to women whose spouses were killed in front of them.

India’s missiles reached six locations in Cashmiro administered by Pakistan and in the eastern province of Punjab in the country, killing at least 26 people, including women and children, said Pakistan’s military spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif.

The authorities said that another 38 people were injured by the strikes, and five other people died in Pakistan during fire exchanges through the border later in the day.

Sharif said that Indian jets also damaged the infrastructure in a cashmere prey administered by Pakistan, qualifying it as a violation of international standards.

The Ministry of Defense of India said the attacks attacked at least nine sites “where terrorist attacks against India have been planned.”

“Our actions have been focused, measures and non -scalts of nature. Pakistan’s military facilities have not been attacked,” the statement said, adding that “India has demonstrated considerable moderation.”

Pakistan said the attacks hit at least two sites previously linked to prohibited militant groups.

One hit the Subhan mosque in the city of Bahawalpur in Punjab, killing 13 people, including a child, according to Zohaib Ahmed, a doctor in a nearby hospital.

The mosque is close to a seminar that was once the central office of Jaish-E-Mohammed, a militant group prohibited in 2002. The authorities say that the group has not had an operational presence on the site since the ban.

In a statement obtained by News themezone, the head of Jaish-E-Mohammed, Maulana Masood Azhar, said that India’s attack killed 10 of his family members and four nearby associates. He criticized Modi, saying: “This cruelty has broken all the limits, I will not wait for mercy.”

Another missile hit a mosque in Muridke, damaging its structure. An expanded building located nearby served as the venue of Lashkar-E-Taiba until 2013, when Pakistan prohibited the group and arrested its founder.

Last month’s attack against tourists was claimed by a group that called himself the resistance of Kashmir, which India says that it is also known as the Resistance Front and is linked to Lashkar-E-Taiba.

In Muzaffrabad, the main city of Cashmiro controlled by Pakistan, the resident, Abdul Sammad, said he heard several explosions when the explosion crossed the houses. He saw people in panic and the authorities immediately cut the power to the area.

People took refuge in the streets and open areas, fearful of what could happen. “We feared that the next missile could get to our house,” said Mohammad Ashraf.

Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool, who lives near the mosque, told News themezone: “We were about to go to bed when a great explosion occurred. It was very large and scary explosions.”

Throughout the control line, which divides the contemporary region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, there were great fire exchanges.

The Police and the Indian doctors said that seven civilians were killed and 30 injured by Pakistani bombings in the Poonch district near the highly militarized control line, the de facto border that divides Cashmira disputed between the two countries. The authorities said several houses were also damaged in the bombing.

The Indian army said that Pakistani troops “resorted to arbitrary shots”, which include artillery shots and bombings, on the border.

Shortly after India’s attacks, airplanes fell into three cakes controlled by India.

Sharif, the Pakistani military spokesman said that the country’s Air Force knocked down five Indian planes in retaliation for strikes. There were no immediate comments from India about Pakistan’s claim.

The debris of an airplane dispersed throughout the Wuyan village on the outskirts of the main city of the region, even in a school and a mosque complex, according to the police and the residents of Srinagar. Firefighters fought for hours to turn off the resulting fires.

“There was a great fire in heaven. Then we listened to several explosions too,” said Mohammed Yousuf Dar, a Wuyan resident.

Another plane fell in an open field in the village of Bhardha Kalan, near the control line in back controlled by the Indians.

The village resident, Sachin Kumar, told News that he heard massive explosions followed by a huge fireball.

Kumar said he and several other villagers rushed to the scene and found two pilots with injuries. Both were later taken by the Indian Army.

A third plane crashed in a farm field in the state of Punjab in northern India, a police officer told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity, since they were not authorized to talk to the media. The officer did not provide more details.

Other nations reacting

Speaking to journalists in the Oval office on Tuesday, President Trump described the strikes “a grief.”

“We just listened just when we were walking through the oval doors,” Trump said. “I guess people knew that something was going to happen based on the past. They have been fighting for a long time. You know, they have been fighting for many decades, and centuries actually, if realme You think about it. No, I hope it ends very fast. “

China asked for restriction on both sides after the attacks of India.

“China expresses its regret for the military actions of India this morning and is concerned about current developments. China opposes all forms of terrorism,” said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement. “We call on India and Pakistan to prioritize peace and stability, remain calm and restricted, and avoid taking measures that further complicate the situation.”

Beijing is the largest investor in Pakistan, with a Chinese-Pakistan economic corridor project of $ 65 billion that covers throughout the country. Meanwhile, China also has multiple border claims in dispute with India, with one of those statements in the northeast of the Kashmir region.

The French news agency News reports that British Secretary of Commerce Jonathan Reynolds told BBC Radio on Wednesday that the United Kingdom is “a friend, a partner of both countries. We are ready to support both countries. We both have a great interest in regional stability, in dialogue, in the de -escalaization and anything we can do to support that, we are here and willing to do.”

Moscow asked India and Pakistan on Wednesday to show “restriction,” says News.

Sami Yousafzai contributed to this report.

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