A number of loud explosions had been heard within the mountains across the metropolis of Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday, in addition to in two different locations within the area, Reuters witnesses and a Pakistani TV channel reported.
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After the explosions, Muzaffarabad’s energy was blacked out, the witnesses mentioned. It was not instantly clear what the explosions had been.
Witnesses and one police officer at two websites on the frontier in Indian Kashmir mentioned they heard loud explosions and intense artillery shelling in addition to jets within the air.
Pakistani military spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif advised ARY Information that the missiles had been launched from inside Indian territory and that no Indian plane had entered Pakistani airspace.
“This was a cowardly assault concentrating on harmless civilians beneath the quilt of darkness,” Sharif advised the broadcaster.
India’s Defence Ministry mentioned in a press release on Wednesday that not less than 9 websites had been focused “the place terrorist assaults in opposition to India have been deliberate”.
“Our actions have been centered, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistan army amenities have been focused,” it mentioned.
”India has demonstrated appreciable restraint in number of targets and technique of execution.”
US President Donald Trump mentioned on Tuesday afternoon, Washington time, that the Indian strikes had been a “disgrace.” Chatting with reporters on the White Home, Trump mentioned he had simply heard in regards to the intensification of hostilities that had occurred in latest hours.
The strikes come amid heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours within the aftermath of an assault on Hindu vacationers in Indian Kashmir final month.
Earlier than the strikes, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif had warned of an “imminent” conflict with India as a dispute over river water and blame for that Kahsmir terrorist assault, Bloomberg reported. Earlier within the day, Pakistani officers mentioned that India has nearly fully stopped the movement of water throughout the border by the Chenab River.
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Reuters, AP
