Pakistan and India launched missiles at each other on Saturday, prompting us to call on nuclear-weapon neighbors to start negotiations to undermine their most intense clashes since 1999.
Tensions among nuclear weapons competitors have soared since April 22, killing 26 civilians, mostly Indian tourists, in Kashmir. New Delhi blames Pakistan for supporting the attack, while Islamabad refuses the attack.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said his country would consider relegation if India stops further attacks, but warned that our response would follow if India launches a strike. ”
Dahl told Pakistan’s geographic news that he also conveyed the message to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who contacted him after Rubio’s earlier conversation with New Delhi.
“We responded because our patience has reached its limit. If they stop here, we will consider stopping,” Dahl added.
India said it targeted Pakistani air force bases after Islamabad launched several high-speed missiles into the country's military and civilian infrastructure earlier on Saturday.
Pakistan earlier said it intercepted most of India's missiles and retaliatory strikes.
Rubio spoke with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar and stressed: “Both sides need to identify ways to downgrade and re-establish direct communication to avoid miscalculation,” State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce said Saturday, and provided support to promote “productive discussions.”
India says it is committed to “not gradualizing”
Indian Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said in a press conference in New Delhi that Pakistan targeted medical institutions and schools at three air bases in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
“A proper response was provided to Pakistan's actions,” she said.
Wing CMDR. Vyomika Singh also attended the press conference, saying that as long as Pakistan goes back and forth, India will be committed to “non-propaganda”.
However, the observation of Pakistan’s ground forces mobilization forward to the area “indicating the offensive intention further escalates the situation.”
She added: “The Indian armed forces are still in high state of operational readiness.”
Tensions between India and Pakistan have been intensified again, with flight suspension, power outages and dozens of deaths. Both sides blame the deal – while global leaders demand calm.
Singh said the Indian armed forces conducted a “precise strike against identified military targets only” against Pakistan's operations, which included technical infrastructure, command and control centers, radar sites and weapons storage areas to ensure “minimum secondary damage”.
“All hostilities have effectively countered and responded appropriately,” Singh said.
Pakistan's military said it used medium-range Fateh missiles to target Indian missile storage facilities and air bases in the cities of Pathankot and Udhampur.
The Associated Press cannot independently verify all actions attributed to Pakistan or India.
Lieutenant. Pakistan Army spokesman Ahmad Sharif said the country's air force assets were safe after India's strike.
India strikes target Pakistan air force base
State-owned Pakistan TV reported that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened a meeting of the State Command, which oversees the country's missile program and other strategic assets.
According to a Pakistan military spokesman, the Indian missiles are targeted at Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, the garrison city of Rawalpindi, the Murid Airbase in Chakwal City and Rafiqui Airbase in Chakwal City.
There is no media access to the air base in the densely populated city of Rawalpindi, nor is there any immediate reports of residents hearing or seeing strikes or their consequences.
Indian-controlled Kashmir explosion
After Pakistan's retaliation was announced, Indian-controlled Kashmir residents said they heard loud explosions from multiple places in the region, including the two major cities of Srinagar and Jamu, and the garrison town of Udampur.
“The explosion we heard today was different from the explosion we heard in the last two nights during the drone attack,” said Shesh Paul Vaid, a former police officer and resident of Jamu. “It looks like a war here.”
VAID said explosions were heard from the area of the military base, adding that it appeared to be a target for the Army site.
Srinagar showed calm early on Saturday, but some residents of the community near the city's airport were also air force bases, saying they were shocked by the explosion of fighter planes and the sound of thriving.
Mohammed Yasin, a resident of Srinagar, said: “I was awake but the explosion shocked my children. They started crying.
Praveen Donthi, a senior analyst at the Indian International Crisis Group, said that even if they have not marked it as a country, the two countries are in the war.
“This has become a ruthless military training competition with no obvious strategic ultimate goal for either side,” Donthi said. “With the increasing casualties of civilians on both sides, finding an exit or the outside world will be challenging.”
India and Pakistan have already launched strikes and heavy cross-border fires, which have caused casualties of civilians on both sides in a few days.
