India strikes Pakistan: what next? Today in Focus Extra
In the early hours of Wednesday, India launched a series of strikes on Pakistan that killed at least 26 people – a serious escalation of the decades-long dispute between the two nuclear-armed countries over Kashmir.
As the Guardian's south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, reports, the onslaught was in response to a terrorist attack in Kashmir two weeks ago that left 26 dead. India claims the group responsible is backed by its neighbour – an accusation Pakistan denies.
Now, as Michael Safi hears, India is braced for Pakistan's response. Could this spiral into a full-scale war?
Photograph: Rahat Dar/EPA
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