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09-05-2025
NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Both sides made allegations a day after India struck Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in a series of missile strikes.
Pakistan says it has shot down 25 drones overnight, while India has said it has neutralized “drones” and “missiles”.
The media has not independently verified the claims by either side.
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.
Responding to ‘barbaric terrorist attack’: Jaishankar
India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar talked about the air strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir while welcoming Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Delhi.
The two countries are marking 75 years of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty.
Satellite images show damage in Pakistan
Satellite pictures released on Wednesday evening by Maxar Technologies show damage at two known locations in Pakistan that were struck by the Indian army.
The imagery taken before and after the strikes show visible damage at both Bahawalpur and Nangal Sahdan in the Pakistani province of Punjab.
In the small town of Nangal Sahdan, the imagery shows two buildings around 150m apart that have been hit. One appears partially damaged, while the other seems to have been completely destroyed.
Shot down 25 drones: Pakistan
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An official statement from the Pakistan army’s public relations wing says they have now shot down 25 Indian drones since Wednesday night. The earlier number given in the press conference was 12.
In the last few minutes, India has also put out a statement – we will be bringing you details from it soon.
In a press conference in capital Islamabad, a spokesman for Pakistan’s army has claimed that India committed “a second blatant military act of aggression” against the country. The spokesperson said that since Wednesday night, Pakistan had shot down 12 drones sent by India.
Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudry claimed this took place in major cities such as Rawalpindi, Lahore and an area near Karachi, and resulted in a civilian casualty and an injury. He said debris was currently being collected across the country.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Pakistan’s airport authority has said that major airports in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Sialkot will be closed until 18:00 local time (14:00BST) but did not confirm why.
The US and UN have called on Pakistan and India to avoid any further escalation but Pakistan claims it is now the victim of, in its words, another “serious provocation”.
What it chooses to do next will have serious implications on whether this conflict escalates. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
