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Key Points
- The airspace of Pakistan has been closed to all flights for 24 hours, the country’s military has said.
- Pakistan said on Saturday that it had launched retaliatory strikes against India.
- At least 48 people have been killed since Wednesday, according to casualty estimates on both sides of the border.
Two blasts were also heard in Baramulla town, an official and residents told Reuters.
“Pakistan’s blatant escalation with drone strikes and other munitions continues along our western border,” the army said on social media platform X.
Pakistan’s planning minister said on local television that “special measures” had been taken to avoid civilian targets and that they were targeting locations that had been used to target Pakistan.
A man inspects a room damaged by Pakistan artillery shelling in the Indian-administered Kashmir area of Uri. Source: Anadolu / Getty Images
Sounds of explosions were reported in Srinagar and Jammu, where sirens were sounded, a Reuters witness said.
The Pakistani military spokesperson said only a few missiles made it past air defences, and those did not hit any “air assets”, according to initial damage assessments.
People light candles during a vigil for victims of an Indian missile strike on a mosque in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Source: AAP / Amiruddin Mughal / EPA
India has said its strikes on Wednesday, which started the clashes between the countries, were in retaliation for a , which it accuses Pakistan of backing.
Much of the fighting on Friday was in Indian-administered Kashmir and states bordering Pakistan. India said it shot down Pakistani drones.
