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India launches missile strikes on Kashmir, Pakistan vows revenge
Author : BNR Web Editors
India has launched multiple missile attacks on Pakistani areas, the Pakistani army reports. India reports that it has hit at least nine targets in Operation Sindoor. Several explosions were heard on Tuesday evening in an area near the Pakistani city of Muzaffarabad, the city that is located about 130 kilometers north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad and on the border of the disputed Kashmir region.

India has launched multiple missile attacks on Pakistani areas, the Pakistani army reported.

Pakistan has vowed revenge for the attacks. A Pakistani security source told Reuters that one child was killed in the attacks, and two others were reportedly injured. One of the targets hit was a religious educational institution in the Pakistani city of Bahawalpur, near the Indian border.

'Operation Sindoor'
India reports that it has launched Operation Sindoor with attacks on Pakistan. According to the country, the aim was to attack "terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan". It also concerns targets in disputed areas in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian army emphasizes that it has not carried out attacks on Pakistani military bases. On X, the Indian forces report that "justice has prevailed

Pakistan has halted air traffic because of the airstrikes. Flights that were already en route have been diverted to Karachi, a city in southern Pakistan, far from the unrest.

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