Pakistan Confirms Indian Airstrikes On Its Territory; Vows Retaliation As Tensions Escalate

Pakistan military on Wednesday confirmed that Indian missile assaults hit three areas inside its border — Muzaffarabad, Kotli, and Ahmed East in Bahawalpur. The incident represents a pointy escalation of regional tensions after the current Pahalgam terror assault in India.

Talking at a late-night media briefing, Director Basic of Inter-Providers Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry acknowledged, “A while in the past, the cowardly enemy India launched air strikes on Subhanullah mosque in Bahawalpur’s Ahmed East space, in addition to in Kotli and Muzaffarabad.”

He asserted that Indian planes had opened fireplace from inside Indian airspace with out violating Pakistani airspace. “All our air pressure plane are airborne,” he acknowledged. “Let me say it categorically: Pakistan will retaliate at a time and place of its personal selecting.” Injury assessments have been nonetheless underway on the time of the briefing.

Native information shops, such because the Categorical Tribune, confirmed a complete blackout of energy in Muzaffarabad after the strikes.

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif additional acknowledged {that a} army confrontation with India was now “inevitable” and will happen “at any second.”

Concurrently, India’s Ministry of Defence declared the graduation of Operation Sindoor, aiming for 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the federal government in an official assertion, the ministry acknowledged, “Our actions have been targeted, measured, and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani army services have been focused.” 

The strike, India alleged, was a direct response to the “barbaric” terrorist assault at Pahalgam that martyred 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali nationwide.

The Indian Military additionally up to date on social media web site X: “Justice is served. Jai Hind!” — indicating the army’s happiness with the high-precision operation. One other replace was: “प्रहाराय सन्निहिताः, जयाय प्रशिक्षिताः” (Able to strike, educated to win).