A new type of battle for India and Pakistan, two old characteristics

The Pakistani army accused India early on Saturday of firing missiles from air to the surface, which targeted at least three air bases across Pakistan, while it seemed to have a sharp escalation between nuclear armed neighbors in their armed confrontation.

Among the bases that were attacked, it was a major composition near the capital, Islamabad. Eyewitnesses in Rawalpindi, a nearby fierce city, have reported at least three noisy explosions near Nour Khan Air Force Base, where one describes one “large fire ball” visible of miles.

“Now, you are just waiting for our response,” said Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the chief spokesman for the Pakistani army, in a televised statement. India was accused of pushing the region towards a “dangerous war.”

Shortly after the reported Indian strikes, Pakistani officials said they launched a revenge procedure targeting several locations in India, including air bases and an attachment to store missiles.

The Pakistani army said in a statement, “Ain Al Ain.” She was calling her campaign against India “Bonnian March”, which means a strong and integrated structure.

Several days after bombing attacks and drone attacks, India and Pakistan, the old enemies, are participating in the most expanded military conflict for decades. They use new war tools to enhance their ability to attack and spy on each other.

On Friday, Indian defense officials said that the Pakistan army had attempted air interventions in 36 locations with “300 to 400” drones to test the air defense system in India.

One day, Pakistani military officials said they had shot down 25 India’s drones, including in Karachi and Rawalpindi, the headquarters of the main intelligence agency in Pakistan. Pakistani officials also told US officials that India was involved in “drone terrorism” by targeting civilian areas, according to a statement. India did not comment on drones.

Although many countries now have drones in their arsenals, this is the first time that uninhabited air vehicles have been used by the two countries against each other. The use of drone warfare may be inevitable, but it may reshape the way the world looks at hostility between India and Pakistan, as it did after the two countries became nuclear powers in the nineties.

The conflict began yet The gunmen killed 26 people last month In India, which is controlled by Kashmir. India has accused Pakistan of being behind the attack and pledged to take military measures. Pakistan has denied its involvement.

The conflict has escalated since Wednesday, when India has made air strikes on Pakistan. Since then, the two countries have been imprisoned in an intensive exchange of fire, drone attacks, demands, counter -allegations, and wrong information.

Diplomatic pressure, In particular, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab EmiratesIt did not succeed. The two countries have greatly ignored data from the United States and Europe calling for calm.

In a statement on Friday, foreign ministers urged the group of 7 industrial countries “the maximum restriction from both India and Pakistan” and warned that “the additional military escalation poses a serious threat to regional stability.”

Raj Shoukla, a retired commander of the Indian army, said that India was building its supplies from drones. The so -called ammunition, which hovers over the goal and beating in an ideal moment, “in fact, is a secret weapon in our weapon; we have not used it before.”

India and Pakistan are developing drone construction industries in recent years, and both unmanned aircraft are foreign allies. James Patton Rogers, a drone expert at Cornell University, said it does not seem to have any of the countries that could carry nuclear warheads. While the conflict was “unbelievable anxiety”, he also pointed out that drones are generally used as the lowest possible step in the conflict, usually for pressure and testing air defenses for the opponent.

The fighting has expanded and intensified since Wednesday morning, Matthew Air strikes by India He hit the targets inside Pakistan and on the side that Pakistan controls from Kashmir. Pakistan said it had returned by five Indian planes. Heavy fighting erupted on Thursday evening along the 460 -mile border, which divides the disputed area of ​​Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

Jamo, a city on the side of India -controlled from Kashmir, was under complete blackout, but the residents said they saw drones and missiles flying over it and heard artillery fire. The bombing and shooting were resumed along the border, which started on Wednesday night, Thursday evening, and stopped on Friday morning.

Omar Abdullah, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, an area under the control of the Indian government, said that the city was also overlapping Friday night, which is an area under the control of the Indian direct government. “The sounds of intermittent explosions can now be heard, and possibly heavy artillery, from where I am,” as Mr. Abdullah published on X.

The two sides said that the exchange of fire was killed or civilian was wounded. The information cannot be independently verified.

Speaking on Friday morning, residents of both parts of Kashmir said they were exhausting; Some have said that it was the worst bombing they had suffered for nearly three decades.

“We are tired of running every time the bombing begins,” said Atta Mohamed, 70, a town on the Indian side of Kashmir. “It is better for both countries to go to a nuclear war and all kill us. At least this will get rid of this suffering.”

In the village of Bandley, in Kashmir, which is controlled by Pakistan, hundreds of people gathered on Friday afternoon to attend Othman Khaled’s prayer, 26, who was killed in the bombing across the border.

“Many bombs and missiles fell on our village,” said Toukir Ahmed, a resident of Bandley. Mr. Ahmed added that many residents have stored food and necessities, not sure of the period in which tensions will continue.

Sarvan Singh Bandar, a farmer who lives in Punjab, a state in India, is about 12 miles from the border with Pakistan, its concern about the escalating and unexpected nature of conflict.

“There is a great fear among the villagers that food and money will be in a shortage, so we must keep a ready -made arrow and take money from banks,” said Mr. Bandar, 50, said:

There are no marks yet that any of the countries are ready to escalate.

When India announced on Wednesday that it had conducted air strikes in Pakistan and hit nine sites that it identified as “terrorist infrastructure”, officials launched the move “unscientific”, leaving many things that you expect to calm down-perhaps after some angry speech from both sides.

Indian officials said several times, however, that the response will be “proportional”, which means that any escalation will be confronted with escalation.

Some analysts said that India was somewhat. Abhnaf Pandia, founder of the Osanas Foundation, Foreign Policy Organization in India, said he expected the conflict to escalate in its current form, with the use of the drones.

Mr. Pandia said that any escalation behind this may likely involve the moving ground forces, and that will be a “very risky situation”, which exposes the possibility of many losses.

Military officials in Pakistan, at a press conference, expected a challenging position indicating that the escalation did not end any time soon. “They have been sent on a drone, they are getting a response that wrapped it,” said Lieutenant General Audar Sharif Chaudhry, the chief spokesman for the Pakistani army. “So at a time, place and way of choosing, we will do everything we will do. We are not debtors to anyone other than the people of Pakistan.”

On Friday, the Indian army said it was crossing thousands of soldiers with the volunteer reserve force to support military operations.

Both countries have suspended or transferred the cash crochet tournaments from safety concerns. The Indian Premier League, one of the richest sports competitions in the world with 10 privileges valued at about one billion dollars each, said it had suspended matches for a week. The Pakistan Premier League said it is moving the eight remaining matches in its season to the United Arab Emirates.

India and Pakistan, which became separate countries in 1947, fought three wars, with conflicts around Kashmir as part of each of them. One of them, in December 1971, created the so -called control line that divides Kashmir.

Rising tensions had people on the edge of the abyss.

“I have stored subsistence quotas such as rice, lentils and flour,” said Ajay Sharma, a physiotherapist in Jaipur, Rajasthan, who is partner with Pakistan.

Mr. Sharma said he withdrew money from banks. “Although we have a complete belief in our army, one cannot predict what will happen, given the circumstances,” he said.

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