India’s actions came in response to a deadly terror attack two weeks ago in Kashmir, a territory that it has long fought over with Pakistan.
India said on Wednesday it had carried out strikes on Pakistan, intensifying a conflict between two nuclear powers.
The attacks come after 26 people, most of them tourists, were killed on April 22 in a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. India’s government said there were “cross-border linkages” to Pakistan, which denied involvement.
Here is what to know about today’s strikes, the attack in Kashmir, and the longstanding tensions between India and Pakistan, which both claim the region.
Where were the strikes in Pakistan?
The precise nature and location of the strikes is unclear.
India said it had struck several sites in Pakistan and on Pakistan’s side of the disputed Kashmir region. Pakistani military officials said that five places had been hit.
Residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani part of Kashmir, reported hearing jets flying above. They said that a site in a rural area near Muzaffarabad that was once used by Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group based in Pakistan, appeared to have been targeted in the strikes.
