India-Pakistan live: India hits Pakistan, Pakistan-administered Kashmir

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Indian military strikes Pakistan, Pakistan-administered Kashmir

By Abid Hussain, Jillian Kestler-D’Amours and Joseph Stepansky

Published On 6 May 20256 May 2025

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• India’s army has launched “Operation Sindoor”, hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
• Pakistan says India attacked five locations and promises a robust response to the “act of war” from its neighbour.

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• 9m ago (00:05 GMT)At least 8 killed in Pakistan as six locations hit by Indian missiles: ISPR chief
  • Abid Hussain
  Reporting from Islamabad, PakistanLieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan’s armed forces, delivered a brief late-night news conference in which he revealed that at least eight Pakistanis were killed and at least 35 more were injured in the Indian missile attacks.Chaudhry said that India’s military attacked six different locations in Pakistan, launching a total of 24 strikes.The biggest attack was in Ahmedpur Sharqia, near Bahawalpur city in Punjab province. According to Chaudhry, a mosque compound was hit and five people were killed, including a 3-year-old girl.Other attacks took place in Muridke city, a village near the city of Sialkot, and Shakargarh, also in Punjab province.Two locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir – Muzzafarabad and Kotli – were also hit and two mosques were destroyed. A 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy were killed in the attacks.The military spokesperson did not provide any information regarding earlier claims of the downing of Indian jets.Click here to share on social media
• 14m ago (00:00 GMT)Pakistan’s Defense Minister claims more planes shot down, soldiers capturedSpeaking to Bloomberg TV, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Asif said that Pakistan has shot down five Indian planes and has also taken some Indian soldiers prisoner.We’ve been reporting on Pakistan’s claims it has shot down Indian fighter jets, but Indian officials have yet to comment.Click here to share on social mediaAdvertisement
• 19m ago (23:55 GMT)Pakistan says 2 mosques targeted in India strikesA Pakistani military spokesman told the broadcaster Geo that sites struck by India included two mosques.Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, told Geo that all sites targeted by India were civilian and not infrastructure of armed groups. He said India’s claim of targeting “camps of terrorists is false”.India blamed Pakistan for violence in Indian-administered Kashmir last month, in which 26 men were killed, and had promised to respond. Pakistan denied it had anything to do with the killings and said it had intelligence that India was planning to attack.Click here to share on social media
• 29m ago (23:45 GMT)Photos: Blackout in Muzaffarabad after India’s strikes