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Eight civilians were killed in firing and shelling by the Pakistan Army across the Line of Control and the international border in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, AFP quoted the revenue officer of Poonch as saying.
Twenty-nine persons were injured as the militaries of both countries exchanged fire after India carried out strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
The Indian armed forces targeted nine sites as part of Operation Sindoor, said the defence ministry.
“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature,” the ministry said. “No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and methods in Pakistan.”
“We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for the attack will be held accountable,” it added.
Following the strikes, several airports in the northern parts of the country were shut. No civil flights will be operated from the Srinagar Airport in Jammu and Kashmir, airport officials said.
Issuing a travel advisory on social media, SpiceJet said that airports in Dharamshala, Leh, Jammu, Srinagar and Amritsar were closed until further notice. “Departures, arrivals, and consequential flights may be impacted,” the airline said.
Air India too said that all its flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot remained cancelled till 12 noon on Wednesday pending further updates from authorities.
“Two international flights en route to Amritsar are being diverted to Delhi,” it added.
In addition, the Jammu and Kashmir government said that schools in the border areas of the Union Territory will remain closed on Wednesday.
After its strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Indian Army’s additional directorate general of public information said that “justice is served”.
Pakistan acknowledged that India had carried out the strikes.
Ishaq Dar, the country’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said on social media that the Indian Air Force “while remaining in Indian air space” had targeted sites across the international border in Muridke and Bahawalpur, and across the Line of Control in Kotli and Muzzafarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistani forces had “every right to respond forcefully” and that a “forceful response is being given”.
Twenty-six Pakistani civilians were killed in India’s strike along the Line of Control, reported AFP. During a press conference earlier in the day, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated that at least 35 persons were injured, reported The Print.
The strikes primarily hit civilian infrastructure, including mosques and residential quarters, claimed Chaudhry.
The terror attack at the Baisaran area near Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam town on April 22 left 26 dead and 17 injured. The terrorists targeted tourists after asking their names to ascertain their religion, the police said. All but three of those killed were Hindu.
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