Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan said it launched a military operation against India earlier on Saturday, targeting multiple foundations, including missile storage sites in northern India as neighbors expanded their worst battles over nearly three decades.
Pakistan said that before its offensive India fired in three airs, including an air base near the capital Islamabad, but Pakistan’s air defense intercepted most.
The two countries have been in long-term controversy in Kashmir since India launched a strike in Pakistan on Wednesday with a “terrorist infrastructure”. Pakistan vowed to retaliate.
The Pakistani military said in a message to reporters: “The Brahmin storage location has been eliminated in the Beas overall Beas.
India’s defense and the Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside of regular working hours. In an inquiry with the media, the Ministry of Defense said that India’s military is expected to briefly introduce the media soon.
Pakistan’s Information Minister said in an article on social media site X that the military operation was named “Operation Bunyanun Marsoos”. The term is taken from the Quran and refers to a company, a unified structure.
Pakistan’s planning minister said on local TV that “special measures” have been taken to avoid civilian targets and that they target locations used in Pakistan.
The Pakistani military said the Prime Minister convened a meeting of the State Command, a top agency for civilian and military officials, which oversees the decisions of its nuclear arsenal.
Reuters Witnesses said explosions were reported in Srinagar and Jamu in India, where an alarm sounded.
“India launched air-to-surface missiles through aircraft…Nur Khan base, base and Shorkot Base were targeted,” said Pakistan’s military spokesman Lieutenant Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in a late-night televised statement.
Chief Minister of Kashmir Omar Abdullah of India said a local government official killed a killer in Rajouri, near the line of control that divided the disputed area.
One of the three air bases Pakistan calls is India’s target, Rawalpindi, a garrison located outside the capital Islamabad. The other two are the Punjab province in eastern Pakistan, bordering India.
A Pakistan military spokesman said only a few missiles made it pass through air defense, and the missiles did not hit any “air assets”.
India said Wednesday’s strike began a conflicting strike between the two countries, and he is retaliating against the deadly attacks on Indian tourists from Kashmir, India last month.
Pakistan denies India’s allegations it was involved in a tourism attack. Since Wednesday, the two countries have exchanged cross-border fire and artillery fire and sent drones and missiles into each other’s airspace.
Most of Friday’s battle was in states bordering Kashmir and Pakistan. India said it shot down Pakistani drones.
Seven countries on Friday urged India and Pakistan to have the largest restrictions and called on them to have direct dialogue. In a statement on social media platform X, Jane Marriott, the UK’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, said they are closely monitoring developments.
The explosion was also heard in Lahore, eastern Pakistan and Peshawar, the north-west city, as the threat of fighting was spreading.
At least 48 people have been killed since Wednesday, according to casualties on both sides of the border.
