The claim comes from the Pakistani Information Minister, who says Pakistani forces have killed between 40 and 50 Indian soldiers in the Border area of Kashmir. The claim has not been confirmed from an independent team, and the Pakistani authorities have not commented on it further. India’s military, for its part, claims to have averted a Pakistani attack on military targets in northern and western regions through the night and in the morning, but it is unclear if it is the same attack. A picture of the village of Poonch in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. Photo: Punit Paranjpe / AFP / NTB India: Civilians killed According to Indian authorities, at least 13 civilians have been killed in Pakistani drone and rocket attacks last night. According to the authorities, the attacks have been directed at Indian-controlled areas in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as areas of the state of Punjab, including the cities of Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh. The city of Bhuj in the Indian state of Gujarat is also affected, according to AFP. India has retaliated the attacks by attacking air defense systems in several places in Pakistan, including in the country’s second largest city of Lahore, not far from the Indian border. Earlier on Thursday, the Pakistani military announced that they had shot down 25 drones from India. A mournful woman during the burial of her 13-year-old son, who was killed in a Pakistani attack on the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir this week. Photo: Channi Anand / AP / NTB evacuating consulate the situation in Lahore has led to the US Consulate in the city asking its employees to seek refuge, Reuters reports. It is due to fear of further drone attacks. At the same time, the US Foreign Ministry states that they have received reports that local authorities are considering evacuating areas near Lahore Airport. Both the Indian and Pakistani authorities have had crisis meetings in the morning to discuss the escalating conflict. Security personnel block off a street near the Lahore area where a drone was allegedly shot down early Thursday. Photo: Murtaz Ali / AFP / NTB Several crisis meetings During the night, Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged fire and artillery firm along the so -called check line in Kashmir, which separates the Indian -controlled and Pakistani -controlled part of the region apart. It is the Indian army that informs this, but the information is not confirmed by Pakistani, according to international news agencies. Earlier this week, the Pakistani military claimed that five Indian fighter jets were shot down, something India has not yet confirmed. Closed airports Several airports in both India and Pakistan are closed even today, as are schools in the border areas. The Indian attack night to Wednesday has the background in the killings of 26 tourists in the Indian -controlled part of Kashmir three weeks ago. Indian authorities believe the group that attacked has links to Pakistan. Pakistan, for his part, refuses to be involved and advocates a neutral investigation. The conflict that has been playing since is the worst between the two neighboring countries in over two decades. Hope it calms India and Pakistan has quarreled about Kashmir since the countries became independent of the UK in 1947. This you need to know about the Kashmir conflict what is Kashmir? Kashmir is an area of the Himalayan Mountains of Asia, in the countries Pakistan, India and China. The inhabitants of Kashmir are mostly Muslims. Around 20 percent are Hindus. India controls two-thirds of the area. Why is there conflict there? Pakistan and India have been contrary to the Kashmir area since they became independent when British India was divided into 1947. Both countries claim the area. In addition, many want Kashmir to be independent. 47,000 people life. India accuses Pakistan of supporting the rebel. The attack is an answer that 26 Hindu tourists were killed in Kashmir in April. India accuse Pakistan of standing behind the tourist attack. Pakistan responded by attacking Indian goals. A dozens of people have been killed and injured in the attacks from both sides. Hope they end fast. The Foreign Minister in the United States has spoken to security advisers in both countries. Also China is concerned about the development and calls for quiet. “There have been meetings between India and Pakistan in the past, but what is special now is that India has attacked goals quite deep in Pakistan,” says Professor Henrik Stålhane Hiim at the Department of Defense Studies to news. He researches security policy, nuclear weapons strategy and arms control in Asia. Hiim describes the situation as very excited between the two nuclear powers. Published 08.05.2025, at. 13.10
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