Summary

  • India and Pakistan have blamed each other for escalating tensions as the US and others countries urge both sides to de-escalate

  • On Thursday, India's army accused Pakistan of launching drones and missiles on three military bases in India and Indian-administered Kashmir, which Islamabad denies

  • Pakistan said earlier it had shot down 25 Indian drones - India has not commented

  • Pakistan says 31 people have been killed and 57 injured by air strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and firing along the Line of Control, since Wednesday morning

  • Meanwhile, India's army says at least 16 civilians were killed by Pakistani shelling on its side of the de facto border

  • India says the initial missile strikes were a response to a deadly militant attack on Indian tourists in Pahalgam last month - Islamabad denies involvement

  • Indian-administered Kashmir has seen a decades-long insurgency which has claimed thousands of lives. India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in full

Watch: How tensions escalated between India and Pakistan

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Produced by Vikas Pandey and Cherylann Mollan in Delhi, and edited by Emily Atkinson in London

  1. India strikes Pakistan with missiles - Pakistan military
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    Indian forces have attacked Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir with missiles in three locations, Pakistan’s military spokesman is quoted by the country’s state TV as saying.

    There are also reports of intense shelling and loud explosions in border areas of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to Reuters news agency.

    Relations between India and Pakistan have declined sharply following a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. Pakistan has denied any involvement in the attacks. Indian police earlier claimed two of the attackers were Pakistani citizens.

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