Escalating Tensions: India-Pakistan Air Strike Conflict

India launched air strikes on Pakistan, targeting areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Punjab, following a terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26. In retaliation for the strikes, Pakistan vowed a response at its discretion, closing its airspace and condemning the attacks as provocative.

In a renewed escalation of tensions, India executed air strikes on Pakistani territory, hitting regions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including Kotli and Muzaffarabad, as well as locations in Pakistan's Punjab province, early Wednesday morning, according to the Pakistan Army.

Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry of the Pakistan Army stated that while the Indian forces refrained from crossing into Pakistani airspace, they launched the missiles from within India, deeming the act as cowardly and shameful, and has vowed a retaliatory response at a time and place of Pakistan's choosing.

Following the Pahalgam terror attack which claimed 26 lives, India took several punitive actions against Pakistan, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and downgrading diplomatic relations. Pakistan, on its end, temporarily closed its airspace as damage assessments were underway.

(With inputs from agencies.)