Pakistan Says India Fired Missiles At 3 Air Bases Inside The Country. Pakistani Retaliation Underway. | rssama.com

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — India fired missiles astatine 3 aerial bases wrong Pakistan but astir of nan missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s service spokesperson said Saturday. It’s nan latest escalation successful a conflict triggered by a weapon massacre past period that India blames Pakistan for.

State-run Pakistan Television instantly said that retaliatory attacks were underway ta rgeting “multiple locations successful India.” Pakistan’s subject says it targeted an Indian rocket retention installation and airbases successful Pathankot and Udhampur.

Pakistani service spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, said successful a televised reside that nan country’s aerial unit assets were safe pursuing nan Indian strikes. He added that immoderate of nan Indian missiles besides deed India’s eastbound Punjab.

“This is simply a provocation of nan highest order,” Sharif said.

The Indian missiles targeted Nur Khan aerial guidelines successful nan garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi, Murid aerial guidelines successful Chakwal metropolis and Rafiqui aerial guidelines successful nan Jhang territory of eastbound Punjab province, according to nan spokesman. There was nary contiguous remark from India.

Sharif said immoderate of nan Indian missiles besides went into Afghanistan.

“I want to springiness you nan shocking news that India fired six ballistic missiles from its metropolis of Adampur,” said Sharif. One of nan ballistic missiles deed Adampur, nan remaining 5 missiles deed nan Indian Punjab area of Amritsar.”

The Indian service said successful a connection precocious Friday that drones were sighted successful 26 locations crossed galore areas Indian states bordering Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir, including region’s Srinagar main city. It said nan drones were tracked and engaged.

“The business is nether adjacent and changeless watch, and punctual action is being taken wherever necessary,” nan connection said.

Tensions betwixt nan nuclear-armed rivals person soared since an attack astatine a celebrated tourer site successful India-controlled Kashmir near 26 civilians dead, mostly Hindu Indian tourists, connected April 22. New Delhi has blamed Pakistan for backing nan assault, an accusation Islamabad rejects.

On Wednesday, India conducted airstrikes connected respective sites successful Pakistani territory it described arsenic militant-related, sidesplitting 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. Pakistan said it changeable down 5 Indian combatant jets.

On Thursday, India said it thwarted Pakistani drone and rocket attacks astatine subject targets successful much than a twelve cities and towns, including Jammu metropolis successful Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan denied that it carried retired drone attacks. India said, meanwhile, that it deed Pakistan’s aerial defense systems and radars adjacent to nan metropolis of Lahore. The incidents could not beryllium independently confirmed.