New Delhi:
India attacked 9 terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) early on Wednesday following a lethal assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam final month. Not less than eight individuals have been killed within the missile assault, in response to Pakistan, which mentioned it had begun retaliating in a serious escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals. The Indian military additionally mentioned that three civilians had been killed in a single day by artillery fired by Pakistan’s military alongside the Line of Management border.
Defence Ministry, in a press release, mentioned its “precision” strikes on “terrorist camps” have been following up on its “dedication that these accountable for this assault will likely be held accountable.”
United States: Reacting to the rising India-Pakistan tensions, US President Donald Trump referred to as it a disgrace and hoped that it will finish “in a short time.”
“It is a disgrace, we simply heard about it,” Trump instructed reporters on the White Home. “I assume individuals knew one thing was going to occur based mostly on a little bit little bit of the previous. They have been preventing for a very long time.”
The US president added: “I simply hope it ends in a short time.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned on X he was “monitoring the scenario between India and Pakistan carefully” whereas including that Washington will proceed to interact the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours in the direction of a “peaceable decision.”
The Indian Embassy in Washington mentioned Indian Nationwide Safety Adviser Ajit Doval spoke with Rubio and briefed him about India’s navy actions.
China: China has expressed concern over Indian strikes on Pakistan, urging either side to point out restraint in response to a serious escalation between its nuclear-armed neighbours.
“We name on each India and Pakistan to prioritise peace and stability, stay calm and restrained and keep away from taking actions that additional complicate the scenario,” a spokesperson for Beijing’s overseas ministry mentioned.
Israel: Israel has backed ‘India’s proper to self-defence’ after missile strikes on Pakistan. Taking to X, Reuven Azar, Israeli Ambassador to India, sid Israel “helps India’s proper for self-defence”, including that “Terrorists ought to know there is no place to cover from their heinous crimes in opposition to the harmless”.
United Nations: United Nations Secretary-Common António Guterres was very involved about Indian navy operations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, his spokesperson mentioned on Tuesday whereas calling for max navy restraint from India and Pakistan.
“The Secretary-Common could be very involved concerning the Indian navy operations throughout the Line of Management and the worldwide border. He calls for max navy restraint from each international locations,” the spokesperson mentioned.
“The world can’t afford a navy confrontation between India and Pakistan.”
UAE: The United Arab Emirates, in the meantime, requested India and Pakistan “to train restraint, de-escalate tensions, and keep away from additional escalation that might threaten regional and worldwide peace,” in response to a press release from UAE Deputy Prime Minister of International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
“His Highness reaffirmed that diplomacy and dialogue stay the best technique of peacefully resolving crises, and attaining the shared aspirations of countries for peace, stability, and prosperity,” the assertion learn.
Indian Strike On Pakistan
Indian forces focused the headquarters of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba teams within the missile assaults in opposition to terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir within the early hours of Wednesday, officers mentioned.
Among the many 9 websites focused are the JeM headquarters in Bahawalpur and the LeT’s in Muridke, each in Pakistan Punjab, they mentioned.
A Pakistani armed forces spokesperson confirmed tothe BBC in an interview that the IAF had focused Bahawalpur and Muridke.
India has categorically said that its actions have been centered, measured and non-escalatory in nature and that no Pakistani navy services have been focused. India’s motion comes two weeks after the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault through which 26 individuals have been killed.