On the second day of fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbors, blasts rang out across the Indian city of Jammu on Thursday ( May 8 ) during what the government claimed was a Pakistani drone and missile attack on military installations in the Kashmir region.
According to a Reuters journalist, in what appeared to be an increase in the nations ‘ worst conflict in more than 20 years, red lights and weapons erupted in the evening sky above Jammu for about 2-1/2 time.
Nearly four hundred people have died in two days of fighting.
According to the Indian Ministry of Defense, “military facilities in Jammu, Pathankot &, Udhampur were targeted by Pakistani-origin robots and weapons along the international border in J&, K today,” citing locations in and close to Jammu and Kashmir’s national territory.
No deaths or significant losses were reported, according to the statement.” The dangers were soon neutralized.”
American TV channels also captured flares and flashes above Varanasi city in Rajasthan state, which has a border with Sindh, a province in southeastern Pakistan.
Islamabad in a statement denied attacking Pathankot in India’s Punjab position, Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley, and Jaisalmer and said the charges were “entirely false, politically motivated, and piece of a foolish advertising campaign aimed at maligning Pakistan.”
According to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the nation do” with full solve and determination to prevent Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” in the event of an escalation.
A Reuters blogger reported that after the invasion, Jammu’s electricity was gradually being restored following a blackout.
An American military source who requested anonymity said that eight rockets fired from Pakistan at the Jammu place cities of Satwari, Samba, Ranbir Singh Pura, and Arnia were intercepted by air defense products.
They were a part of a more extensive invasion, the source continued.
After both nations accused each other of launching helicopter assaults, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif previously said additional retaliation was “increasingly sure.”