Calls for Restraint and Fact-Checking Continue as New Delhi and Islamabad Report Drone and Artillery Attacks.
Tensions continues to mount As India and Pakistan Traded Accusations and Attacks Across Their Frontier in Kashmir Overnight.
New Delhi and Islamabad ACCUSED One Another on Friday of Launching Drone Attacks As Well As “Numberous Ceasefire Violations” over the line of control (loc) in the dispute territory. The ongoing hostilities have Provoked Further Calls for Restraint As The Risk of An Escalation Between The Two Nuclear Powers Grows.
Pakistan launched “Multiple Attacks” using Drones and Other Munions Along India’s Western Border on Thursday Night and Early Friday, The Indian Army Said, Claiming It Had Repelled The Attacks and reply Force Furate, Although It Did Not provides details.
Islamabad has denied Any Cross-Border Attacks and Install Accused Indian Forces of Sending drones Into Pakistani Territory, Killing at Least Two Civilians. The Pakistani Military Claims to Have Shot Down 25 Indian Drones In Recent Days.
Local Officials in Areas Near The Line of Control Reported an Unusually Intense Night of Artillery Exchanges That Left at Least Four Civilians Dead and Woueded 12, With Firing Continising Well into Friday Morning.
Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar Said The Indian Army Statement was “Baseless and Misleading”, and that Pakistan had not Undertaken Any “Offensive Actions” Targeting Areas Within Indian-Administered Kashmir Or Beyond The Country’s Border.
Islamabad Had Earlier denied Attacking Pathankot City in India’s Punjab State, Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley, and Rajasthan State’s Jaisalmer, Saying the Accusations were “Unfounded” and “Politically motivated”.
South Asia Analyst Michael Kugelman Warned That the Spread of “Dissinformation is climing as rapidly as the hostilities.”
“Both are Vry Dangerous for Different Reasons. Follow the Fact Checkers,” I have posted on social media, urging the public to relay on verified sources.
‘None of Our Business’
India Launched “Sindoor Operation”On Wednesday Targeting What it described as Fighter CamS Inside Pakistan in Retaliation for an Attack on Tourists in Indian-Administered Kashmir.
New Delhi you have accused Islamabad of Backing the Perpetors, an allegation Pakistan Strongly denies.
Since then, Exchanges of Fire, Drone Activity, and Airspace violations have intensified, leaving Nearly Four Dozen People DeadThe Majority in Pakistan.
The Ongoing Class Mark One of The Worsst nuclear-armed rivals In Recent Years. The Pair Has Fought Three Full-Scale Wars Over Kashmir, Which Both Claim, Since They Gained Independence from Britain In 1947.
World Powers from the United States to China have strased on both sides to exercise Restraint.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Spoke with Leaders in Bunt Countries on Thursday and Urged “Immediate De-Escalaction”, His Spokeswoman Said.
VICE President JD Vance Echoed The Call But Added That the Us Would Not Get Involved.
“What we can do is try to find the folk to de-scalance a little bit, not going to get involved in the Middle of a War that’s foundally none of Our Business,” “HE TOBX Fox News.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Currently Visiting New Delhi, Also Urged Restraint. “We Hope That India and Pakistan Will Prevent the Escallation of Tension in the Region,” He Said Upon Arrival.
China, a Close Ally of Pakistan, Calleed India’s Cross-Border Strikes “Regrettable” and Urged Bown Government to Show Restraint.
“India and Pakistan Are and Will Always Be Each other’s Neighbours,” The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Said in A Statement. “We are urgently sides to act in the interst of regional peace and stability and refrain from any actions that could word the situation.”
