Turmoil in Kashmir - Breaking News

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A tourist massacre in Kashmir is escalating tensions between India and Pakistan
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Relations between India and Pakistan are cratering following a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that has sparked tit-for-tat reprisals and raised fears of another military escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals.

India and Pakistan both control parts of Kashmir but claim it in full, and have fought three wars over the mountainous territory. In 2019, Indian jets bombed targets inside Pakistan after a cross-border militant attack killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary personnel in its part of Kashmir.

All but one of the 26 tourists massacred in the attack on Tuesday were Indian citizens. New Delhi swiftly pointed the finger at Pakistan, downgraded ties and suspended its participation in a crucial water-sharing treaty.

Pakistan has denied involvement and said that any attempt to stop or divert water belonging to Pakistan would be considered an act of war.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday vowed to pursue the attackers “to the ends of the earth,” while the UN has called on the neighbors to exercise “maximum restraint.”

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Have It Out With Galloway (Episode 53) India & Pakistan: What It Means For the West's Dominance

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In this week's episode of Have It Out With Galloway, George Galloway delves into the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan and explores what it means for global alliances and Western dominance. George is joined by Richard Medhurst (independent journalist and political commentator) and a live audience for Q&A!

The situation between India and Pakistan, always precarious, is now gathering pace and there have already been some minor exchanges. Also given the large numbers of immigrants from both these countries in the west, this could have serious repercussions for all of us.

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Russia China Warn EU On Zelensky Moscow MAY 9 Threat. Trump Wants Russia Summit; Minerals Deal Grift

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Despite the heading, the first 27 minutes of this interesting video is given over to the escalation of hostilities between India and Pakistan. There are reports that India is preparing a major military operation against Pakistan Cheekily imo, given Pakistan's support for Ukraine (ie. they are short on weapons), they have urgetly requested Russia act as mediator in negotiations with India. Alexander quotes from a Russian document that their relationship with India is "impervious to any outside influence", which he thinks refers to the USA. Strategically the situation seems very complicated.

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Let’s hope this doesn’t escalate further.

Dozens killed as Pakistan and India exchange fire in disputed Kashmir
India said it had carried out a "precision strike" on "terrorist camps" - but Pakistan's defence minister said all the targets hit were civilian places, not militant camps.

An Indian missile attack on Pakistani-controlled territory has killed at least 26 civilians and left 46 injured, Pakistan officials have said.

They said the strikes hit at least two sites previously tied to banned militant groups.

One hit the Subhan Mosque in the city of Bahawalpur in Punjab, killing 13 people including a child, according to Zohaib Ahmed, a doctor at a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile an Indian police official has said 10 people have been killed and 48 injured in Pakistani shelling of Indian Kashmir.

There are reports of firefights with Indian troops at multiple places along the ceasefire line in Kashmir.


India said its missile strikes were targeted at infrastructure used by militants at locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country's eastern Punjab province.

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Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar told Sky News' The World With Yalda Hakim that his country would do all it could to defend its territory - as tensions escalate even further between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

India said it had carried out a "precision strike" on "terrorist camps" and its actions were "focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature", adding: "No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted."

It said a total of nine sites were targeted and the action by its armed forces was a response to a militant gun attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month, which killed 26 people, mostly Indian tourists.

But Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif said all the areas hit early on Wednesday morning local time were civilian places, not militant camps.

The mosque that was hit in Bahawalpur is adjacent to a seminary that once served as the central office of Jaish-e-Mohammed, a militant group outlawed in 2002.

Officials say the group has had no operational presence at the site since the ban.

Another missile hit a mosque in Muridke, damaging its structure. A sprawling building located nearby served as the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba until 2013, when Pakistan banned the group and arrested its founder.

The attack in Kashmir was claimed by a previously unknown group calling itself Kashmir Resistance.

'Act of war'

Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif called the Indian missile attack an "act of war" and vowed his country "has every right to give a full and strong response".

The Indian defence ministry said it had launched Operation Sindoor, hitting "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir "from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed".

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