On May 6, 2025, security personnel stood up near the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India.
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India said in early Wednesday that its armed forces had carried out attacks against Pakistan and it is said to target the “terrorist infrastructure” to Pakistan -occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The country’s Ministry of Defense said, “Our works have been concentrated, measured and non-esklery in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.”
The ministry said the operation, which targets nine sites, follows a militant attack in Pahgam, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 people last month.
“We are living for this commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,” the statement said, while India said that “the method of great restraint and execution in the selection of goals.”
The Ministry of Defense said that it would later organize a detailed briefing on the “Operation Sindor” label strike during the day. The vermilion refers to a red or orange colored powder that is mostly worn by Indian Hindu married women.
According to AP, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said, “Pakistan has every right to give a strong response to this Act of war imposed by India, and is actually a strong response.”
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that attacks were carried out by the Indian Air Force from within the Indian airspace.
The British media outlet The Guardian said that Pakistani Defense Minister Khwaja Asif said that Indian missiles had attacked at least two places at five places in Kashmir and eastern Punjab province of the country.
Asif also said that the country was “in the process of vengeance,” you will see Pakistan’s response before morning. “
According to Pakistani state media, three Indian Air Force fighter jets were allegedly shot.
Citing the Indian Army, Reuters stated that three citizens were killed by the Pakistani crossing the line of control-the real border that separates the Indian and Pakistani-infidel parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
India’s embassy in the US posted a statement that its tasks were “centered and accurate,” saying that “no Pakistani citizen, economic or military goals had been killed. Only known terrorist camps were targeted.”
Most airlines are exiting the Pakistani airspace, flight tracker Flightradar24 said on X, while Indian airlines like IndiGo and SpiceJet said that airports and flights were affected in northern India.
The Middle Eastern airline Qatar Airways said it had suspended temporarily suspended flights to Pakistan due to the shutdown of Pakistani airs.
US President Donald Trump allegedly told reporters at the White House that “I think people knew something is going to happen on the basis of some past. They have been fighting for a long time.”
Trump saddened that “it’s a shame,” and he hopes that it will “finish very quickly.”
US State Secretary Marco Rubio said he was closely monitoring the situation, and would continue to attach the leadership of both sides towards a peaceful situation. India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Dowal informed Rubio after the attack to Rubio, the Embassy of India said by the US embassy.
According to the media of the Emirati state, the United Arab Emirate Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed asked India and Pakistan to “exercise restraint, de-suscule tension, and to avoid moving forward, which refrains from endangering regional and international peace.”
On Monday, United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Gutres said in a post on X that India and Pakistan should avoid a military confrontation as it could be out of control. “A military solution is not a solution.”
