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India-Pakistan latest: India says it ‘repulsed' multiple drone attacks near border amid heavy Kashmir shelling
The Indian army says it has 'repulsed' multiple Pakistani drone attacks last night along its entire western border, after air raid sirens were heard in several Indian cities.
Blasts were reported in India 's Jammu city during the third night of one of the worst military escalations between two nuclear-powered neighbours in decades.
Pakistan has denied carrying out the attacks. A minister told the BBC that the country was yet to hit back at India and would not deny its actions when it does so.
Heavy shelling across the de facto border in Kashmir continued for another night, with India accusing Pakistan of repeatedly violating a 2021 ceasefire. Yesterday, Pakistan said its shelling targeted Indian military facilities and that it had killed "40-50 soldiers" in retaliation for pre-dawn strikes by India on Wednesday morning.
Other countries have urged the two nuclear-armed neighbours to step back from a pattern of escalatory attacks, which began with a terror attack against mostly Hindu tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan. Islamabad has denied involvement.
Vance says war between India and Pakistan 'none of our business'
Vice president JD Vance said the US cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours and a war between them would be "none of our business".
"We want this thing to de-escalate as quickly as possible. We can't control these countries, though," Mr Vance told Fox News.
"What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit, but we're not going to get involved in the middle of war that's fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America's ability to control it," he added.
Mr Vance's statement contradicted president Donald Trump's earlier offer of "help" to solve the crisis in Asia.
India is an important partner for Washington, which aims to counter China's rising influence, while Pakistan remains a US ally despite its diminished importance after Washington's withdrawal from neighboring Afghanistan in 2021.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar9 May 2025 04:39
Indian army says Pakistan attacked entire western border
The Indian army this morning said Pakistan's military launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along its entire western border last night.
It also accused Pakistan of another night of heavy shelling along the de facto border in the Himalayan region, where a fragile ceasefire was agreed in 2021.
"The drone attacks were effectively repulsed and a befitting reply was given to the ceasefire violations," the army said in a statement.
Pakistan has strongly denied India's claims that it launched attacks targeting cities such as Jammu, Pathankot, Jaisalmer and Srinagar.
A minister told the BBC that the country was yet to hit back at India and would not deny its actions when it does so.
Islamabad said New Delhi's accusations were part of a "reckless propaganda campaign" designed to damage Pakistan's image and stir up tensions in the region, Geo TV reported.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar9 May 2025 04:18
Pictured: The mostly deserted town of Uri
9 May 2025 04:00
Frightened Kashmir residents living on cusp of India-Pakistan war
Kashmir Residents told The Independent they are terrified, as 'it is the common people who will suffer' in the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan.
'There are queues for petrol and groceries. There's no business and people have no money,' Srinagar shopkeeper Nazir Ahmad said.
Scared Kashmir residents live on cusp of India-Pakistan war: The Independent reports
Kashmir Residents told The Independent they are terrified, as 'it is the common people who will suffer' in the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan. 'There are queues for petrol and groceries. There's no business and people have no money,' Srinagar shopkeeper Nazir Ahmad said. On Wednesday (7 May), Indian missiles struck several locations in Pakistan, killing 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. New Delhi said it was retaliating after gunmen killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir last month.
Rebecca Whittaker9 May 2025 03:00
Pictured: Displaced Kashmiri Muslims take shelter
Displaced Kashmiri Muslims, take shelter in a government degree college during a fresh skirmish near the Line of Control.
Rebecca Whittaker9 May 2025 02:15
ICYMI: India and Pakistan blame each other for escalations
- Two huge blasts and sirens were heard in Jammu city in Indian Kashmir on Thursday and there was a blackout across the city.
- India's army Pakistan of firing missiles and drones at two military bases in Indian-administered Kashmir, and another in India's Punjab district.
- Pakistan's defence minister denied Pakistan is responsible for any attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.
- Pakistan also said it shot down 25 Indian drones overnight, but Delhi did not comment.
Rebecca Whittaker9 May 2025 01:30
Twins, 12, among those killed in Indian border town
Clutching their father's hand, 12-year-old twins Zain and Zoya tried to escape night-time shelling, part of the deadly crossfire that has erupted between India and Pakistan.
They were fleeing to safety after a loud blast shook their house in the Indian border town of Poonch. But they had barely stepped outside when another explosion tore through the street, killing them both.
'They came [into the world] together and they died together,' their uncle, Adil Pathan, told The Independent. 'One of them took their last breaths in my arms.'
Twins, 12, among those dead in Pakistani shelling in Poonch: 'Paying with our blood'
Deadly attacks by Pakistan on Indian border towns in Kashmir have left a trail of devastation, with homes shattered and families torn apart, as Shweta Sharma and Mohammad Dawood report
Rebecca Whittaker9 May 2025 00:45
Indian activists protest against Pakistan
Activists are pictured waving Indian national flags and display banners reading "Operation Sindoor" during a protest against Pakistan on Thursday.
Wave of misinformation in online videos
Unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes are gaining millions of views.
The wave of misinformation has been uncovered by the BBC Verify.
Clips that claim to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan, have been debunked by the broadcaster.
In one video shared to X claims to show an explosion caused by a Pakistani response, but it was actually from the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in Lebanon, it revealed.
In another case a video which amassed more than 3 million views on X in a matter of hours, claimed to show blasts caused by the Indian strikes on Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
However, a search for screengrabs from the video on Google revealed the footage actually showed Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on 13 October 2023.
Rebecca Whittaker8 May 2025 23:30
Pakistan's information minister accuses India of 'spreading disinformation'
Pakistan's information minister has rejected reports that Pakistan attacked Indian-administered Kashmir.
In a post on X Attaullah Tarar said: 'Pakistan has not targeted any locations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, or across international border, so far. Neither has any loss been incurred by PAF.'
He then went on to accuse India of spreading misinformation.
'Indian media is always spreading disinformation either to create to craft a (fake) notion of success before publicly accepting their embarrassing losses during their unprovoked aggression on night of 6/7 May 2025,' he said.
'We have only given defensive response so far! International community may take note.'
It comes after Pakistan's defense minister Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan is not responsible for any attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in an interview with the BBC.
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