India launched an air strike in Pakistan after suicide bombing in Kashmir – 26/02/2019

The Pakistani authorities confirmed Tuesday thatand India launched a nighttime air attack on its territory that did not make civilian casualties, while from New Delhi, they claimed to have destroyed the insurgent camps.

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The night offensive was the last stage of escalation between the two rival nations, both endowed with nuclear capability, since the suicide bombing perpetrated in the disputed Kashmir region. killed more than 40 Indian soldiers earlier this month. Pakistan denied its involvement in the attack but promised to respond to any Indian military operation against it.

The group of insurgents Jaish-e-Mohammad, based in Pakistan, claimed that this attack. Suicide, which recorded a video before killing, was living in the Indian sector of Kashmir.

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According to Pakistani Army spokesman General Asif Ghafoor, Indian "planes" have entered the Kashmir area of ​​Muzafarabad, which is divided between the two countries, although they claim it in full. . The dispute has led the two countries to armed clashes virtually since their independence from the British Empire in the middle of the last century. Islamabad clashed with fighters and Indian aviation "hastily released its cargo" near Balakot, on the outskirts of Pakistan's Kashmir region.

In a statement at the end of a meeting of the National Security Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Imarn Khan, the official denounced the Indian mission as "an action for domestic policy purposes putting into effect peril to regional peace ". "India has conducted a free aggression to which Pakistan will respond wherever and whenever it deems it useful"said the Committee.

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For his part, Indian Foreign Minister Vijay Gokhale told reporters in New Delhi that fighter planes had attacked the Jaish-e-Mohammad camps during a preventive operation, following information that a new attack was being prepared. .

"During this operation, a significant number of terrorists, coaches, high-ranking commanders and groups of trained jihadists were eliminated," said the official.

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