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(BBC News) India says it has launched missile strikes on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
- Pakistan says three locations were attacked and claims to have shot down five Indian fighter jets. India has not confirmed this.
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India’s army said at least seven civilians were killed by Pakistani shelling on its side of the de facto border. Pakistan, meanwhile, said that 26 people have been killed and 46 injured in Indian air strikes and firing along the Line of Control.
- Tensions between the nuclear-armed states soared after a deadly militant attack on Indian tourists in Pahalgam last month
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India claims it has “evidence pointing towards the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists” in the attack. Pakistan has denied any link.
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Indian-administered Kashmir has seen a decades-long insurgency which has claimed thousands of lives. India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in full.
