India launched a major military operation against Pakistan, in a large climb of tensions between the two neighbors with nuclear weapons.
The missile attacks on Wednesday morning had as a “terrorist infrastructure” target in Pakistan and Caxemira administered by Pakistan, according to India. Pakistan denied the allegation, stating that the attack injured mainly civilians – Killing at least three people, including one child, and injuring at least a dozen.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the country had the right to respond to what he described as an “act of war,” adding that “an appropriate response is being given.”
Caxemira is one of the most dangerous conflict points in the world and is partly controlled by India and Pakistan, but both countries claim it fully.
Relations between India and Pakistan have worsened in the last few weeks after a deadly attack of gunmen who murdered 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, in a picturesque place in Caxemira.
India has long accused Pakistan of housing militant groups that make attacks through the border, an accusation that Islamabad denies, and promised retaliation against those he considers responsible.
“These measures take place following Pahalgam’s barbaric barbaric attack, in which 25 Indians and a Nepalese citizen were murdered,” the Ministry of India said in a statement, referring to an attack last month to tourists in India-managed Caxemira.
“Our actions were focused, committed, and not staggered by nature. No Pakistani military facility was targeted. India has shown considerable containment in the target selection and the method of execution,” the statement added.
India said nine places in total were targets.
Several strong explosions were heard at Pakistan cashmire, according to a CNN journalist.
The military of Pakistan said India attacked with missiles.
“Pakistan will respond at the moment and place you choose,” Pakistani military spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry told Geo TV. “This hideous provocation will not be unanswered.”
Pakistani military sources told CNN that five locations were hit in Kotli, Ahmadpur East, Muzaffabad, Bagh and Muridke.
Three of these locations – Kotli, Muzaffabad and Bagh – are in Caxemira administered by Pakistan. Ahmadpur East and Muridke are both in Punjab province in Pakistan.
According to the preliminary assessment of the damage, only civil and pakistani innocents were affected by the attacks, the sources said.
Dangerous inflammation
Great world powers, including the United States, asked for moderation in the weeks after the attack on tourists last month, fearing that a military conflict between India and Pakistan by Caxemira could intensify rapidly.
The two rivals with nuclear weapons have crashed three wars through the mountainous territory that is now divided by a actually called Control Line (LOC) since its independence of Britain almost 80 years ago.
Tensions increased again after gunmen massacred 26 tourists in Pahalgam, in India -controlled cashmire last month, the deadliest attack on Indian civilians in recent years.
Wednesday’s attacks are the most significant military action since 2019, when Indian jets made air strikes against various targets within Pakistan, after the country blames Islamabad for a suicidal attack with car bomb which killed at least 40 Indian paramilitaries in the region.
India accused Pakistan of involvement in the attack on Pahalgam – an allegation that Islamabad denies. Pakistan offered a neutral investigation into the incident.
The massacre immediately caused a widespread revolt in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was under tremendous pressure to retaliate tightly.
In the days following the attack on Pahalgam, both countries quickly reduced ties and since then they have been involved in growing hostilities of retaliation.
India ordered its citizens to return from Pakistan, closed a major border passage and suspended its involvement in a crucial treaty of water sharing that has been in force since 1960.
Pakistan suspended trade with India and expelled Indian diplomats. He stated that any attempt to interrupt or divert water belonging to Pakistan would be considered an “act of war.”
New Déli and Islamabad also demonstrated their military power, while tensions increased along the command line, with minor shots of demarcation in recent days. Both sides also closed their air spaces for each other’s airlines.
Update
This content was originally published in climbing between nuclear powers: India launches operation against Pakistan on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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