Pakistan’s prime minister announces reaction – take care of escalation

Cashmere conflict

Pakistan’s prime minister announces reaction – take care of escalation

According to Pakistani information, dozens of people are killed in Indian attacks. Deescalation is currently no trace of the dangerous conflict of two nuclear powers.

After attacks by the Indian military on several Pakistani goals, the situation on the subcontinent is still peaking dangerously. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said again after a meeting of the security cabinet in Islamabad, there would be a reaction to the Indian military campaign. Internationally, concern is growing from a renewed escalation of the conflict, and the new Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) also asked the conflict parties to keep a “cool head”.

According to the Pakistani military, 26 people died during rocket attacks during the night, 46 were injured. Through artillery shot of the Pakistani army along the course of the border in the Indian -controlled part of the Unnuhergion Kashmir, several people in India died at night.

India claimed to have attacked several destinations in Pakistan at night and in the Pakistanically managed part of Kashmir. The attacks were carried out on “terrorist infrastructure”. A military spokeswoman in Neu-Delhi said nine “terrorist camps” were destroyed. This was not confirmed by Pakistan.

Pakistan reserves the right to react at a time and in a way of his choice, according to a message. “The Pakistani armed forces have been properly authorized to take appropriate measures.” He did not give details. In the region, concern is growing between the two nuclear powers.

With the attacks, India reacted to a terrorist attack on April 22nd in the Indian controlled part of Kashmir with 26 dead. The government in Neu-Delhi accuses Pakistan, Islamabad rejects the accusation.

After the air raids, fire fighting in the border region still started at night. The newspaper “The Indian Express” reported on its own sources of information, at least seven civilians, including two children, were killed by the fire in the Indian Union territory Jammu and Kashmir and 38 others were injured. Other media spoke of at least ten deaths. The government initially did not name any number of victims. Indian broadcasters showed pictures of destroyed buildings.

The army spoke of artillery fire on the military control line. This line, which is about 740 kilometers long, is considered a de facto limit and divides Kashmir between the two nuclear powers. Pakistan’s Premier Sharif also reported five Indian fighter jets. There was initially no confirmation by India.

According to the Indian government, the air strikes on the neighboring country served as part of the “Operation Sindoor” of prevention. “Our intelligence agencies, which are observed in Pakistan, indicated that there were further attacks on India,” said the State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vikram Misri. There was a need to deter and prevent.

The Kashmir region in the Himalayas is divided between Pakistan and India, but both nuclear powers claim the whole area for themselves. The origins of the conflict go back to the colonial period. In 1947 the British released the Indian subcontinent into independence and divided it. In addition to the predominantly Hindu India, the new state of Pakistan for Muslims emerged from the division. The violent division continues to feed a bitter rivalry to this day. Since their independence, both countries have waged three wars against each other, two of them around cashmere.