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The US urged India to de-escalate tensions with Pakistan, emphasising dialogue and counter-terrorism efforts. This follows a marked escalation, with Pakistan launching missiles at Indian cities, prompting protection measures.
New Delhi:
India will reply in a “measured” method to all terrorist assaults concentrating on its territory and residents, however is not going to take kindly to any try by Pakistan to escalate army pressure, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed United States State Secretary Marco Rubio in a name late Thursday.
He additionally mentioned India appreciated the US’ dedication to work collectively to fight terrorism.
“Underlined India’s focused and measured response to cross-border terrorism. Will firmly counter any makes an attempt at escalation,” Mr Jaishankar posted on X after the decision.
Mr Rubio, who spoke to Pak Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on a separate name, emphasised the necessity “quick de-escalation” of army pressure, a State Division spokesperson mentioned.
Mr Jaishankar and Mr Rubio spoke hours earlier than as Pak fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Indian army installations in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Gujarat.
Most of those had been safely intercepted by Indian countermeasures, however Pak’s assaults led to air raid sirens and blackouts alongside the border and in Chandigarh, which is 244km from Delhi.
US State Division Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says, “Secretary Marco Rubio spoke as we speak with Indian Exterior Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The Secretary emphasised the necessity for quick de-escalation. He expressed US assist for direct dialogue between India and… pic.twitter.com/XmH9c1dwHI
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2025
Eight Pak missiles had been fired at targets in J&Ok alone; all had been intercepted by air defence items.
Pathankot in Punjab, which is simply 30km from the Pak border was below blackout.
Visuals shared on-line by residents in these areas displaying terrifying scenes – Pak missiles streaking throughout the evening sky and exploding as they’re hit by Indian countermeasures.
READ | Sirens Sounded In Chandigarh And Mohali, Blackout Enforced
Sources mentioned no less than one Pak fighter jet – a supersonic F-16 – had been shot down.
The recent wave of tried assaults by Pak comply with a barrage of missiles fired late Wednesday and early Thursday concentrating on army installations in 15 cities, together with Jalandhar, Srinagar, Amritsar, and Ludhiana. India air defence methods – the Russian-made S-400 – shot these down.
READ | India Neutralises Pak Drones And Missiles Aimed At 15 Cities
India’s Israeli-made HARPY drones then took out Pak air defence methods in Lahore and different locations, leaving then weak to a potential counterattack.
This tried army motion towards India comes a day after Indian armed forces’ carried out precision strikes at 4 terrorist camps in Pak and 5 in Pak-occupied Kashmir, or PoK.
Operation Sindoor, because the strikes had been codenamed, spanned a 25-minute interval that started Wednesday morning at 1.05 am and included a barrage of 24 munitions – from HAMMER sensible bombs to SCALP missiles – that destroyed terrorist teams’ HQs and coaching camps.
Over 100 terrorists had been killed within the strikes, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh mentioned.
Op Sindoor was in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault.
4 terrorists from The Resistance Entrance, a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, killed 26 folks, lots of whom had been civilians, on the Baisaran Valley, a vacationer hotspot lower than 70 km from Srinagar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had vowed vengeance towards these accountable.
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