India and Pakistan escalate with border attacks: at least 48 dead
Tensions are at their highest between India and Pakistan after a new series of cross-border attacks: at least 48 dead, including children, and a growing diplomatic crisis.
Tensions between India and Pakistan have seriously escalated again with a series of military attacks on both sides of the Line of Control, leaving at least 48 dead, including several children.
On the Pakistani side, authorities confirmed 32 deaths after Indian airstrikes targeted suspected bases of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, including a religious seminary in Bahawalpur and a complex in Muridke. India accuses this group of being behind the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, which killed 26 Indian tourists.
In response, Pakistan launched drone and heavy artillery strikes, claiming to have destroyed several Indian military positions and shot down enemy aircraft. India, for its part, denies any casualties among its military and maintains that the so-called Operation Sindoor was "surgical" and limited to terrorist targets.
The 16 dead in India include civilians in areas near the border with Pakistan, victims of crossfire and projectiles fired from the Pakistani side.
The UN Security Council and several international powers have called for immediate restraint, fearing an escalation between two nuclear-armed nations. The United States offered to act as a mediator to reduce tensions, while thousands of civilians seek refuge away from the conflict zone.
The situation continues to develop, with military reinforcements mobilized and diplomatic communications in a critical state.
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