Rush Hour: India says it ‘foiled Pakistan bid to target military targets’ and more

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Indian forces foiled Pakistan’s bid to target military installations in 15 towns and cities on Wednesday night, said New Delhi. The drones and missiles launched by Pakistan were destroyed by unmanned aircraft systems and defence systems, the defence ministry added.

The locations that were targeted were Awantipora, Jammu and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur and Bathinda in Punjab, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi and Uttarlai in Rajasthan, and Bhuj in Gujarat.

This came after India targeted terrorist camps in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. The Pakistan Army retaliated by shelling Indian villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Sixteen persons were killed in the firing, according to the ministry. Read on.

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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has described the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack as the “original escalation” that led to the current tensions between India and Pakistan. He said at a media briefing that India’s response to the attack was “restrained, directed at non-civilians, non-military targets, and confined to terrorist camps”. Read on.

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