{"id":24717,"date":"2025-05-10T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/india-pakistan-conflict-escalates-sharply-with-attacks-on-military-bases\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T12:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:30:16","slug":"india-pakistan-conflict-escalates-sharply-with-attacks-on-military-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/india-pakistan-conflict-escalates-sharply-with-attacks-on-military-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates Sharply With Attacks on Military Bases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The fighting between India and Pakistan intensified sharply on Saturday with both sides targeting air bases and blaming each other for striking first, as the United States again called on both sides to de-escalate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pakistan said India had targeted at least three of its air bases with air-to-surface missiles in the early hours of Saturday, including Nur Khan, a key air force installation near the capital, Islamabad. Witnesses in the city of Rawalpindi, where Nur Khan is located, reported hearing at least three loud explosions, with one describing a \u201clarge fireball\u201d visible from miles away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Within hours, Pakistan said it had retaliated using short-range surface-to-surface missiles against several locations in India, including the Udhampur and Pathankot air bases and a missile storage facility. \u201cAn eye for an eye,\u201d the Pakistani military said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">India, however, also described its action on Saturday as retaliation. The Indian military said it had struck several Pakistani military targets, two of them radar sites, in response to a wave of Pakistani attacks on 26 locations using drones, long-range weapons and fighter planes. There was \u201climited damage\u201d to equipment and personnel at four Indian air force bases, Vyomika Singh, an Indian Air Force officer, said at a news conference on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt is Pakistani actions that have constituted provocation and escalation,\u201d said India\u2019s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri. \u201cIn response, India has defended and reacted in a responsible and measured fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Amid the claims and counterclaims, it was clear that the night involved some of the heaviest military engagement from both sides since India conducted <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/06\/world\/asia\/india-pakistan-attacks.html\" title=\"\">airstrikes on Pakistan<\/a> on Wednesday. India has accused Pakistan of harboring terrorist groups that carried out <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/22\/world\/asia\/kashmir-terrorist-attack.html\" title=\"\">a deadly attack<\/a> on tourists last month in India-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan has denied involvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both countries say that they want to de-escalate, but the crisis has spiraled into the most expansive confrontation between the two nations in a half-century, with fierce fighting along sections of their border and drone attacks and other strikes hitting deeper within each country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Seth Krummrich, a former U.S. Army colonel, said it was the \u201cmost violent and concerning escalation\u201d he could recall in the longstanding conflict between the two nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Krummrich, now a senior executive at the private security firm Global Guardian, also said that focus mostly on military targets, and \u201cparity in the types, levels and locations of attacks reflects that both sides are deliberately calibrating their responses,\u201d making him cautiously optimistic. \u201cNeither side is going for a strategic escalatory \u2018kill shot.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">India and Pakistan became separate countries in 1947 and have fought three wars, with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/05\/world\/asia\/india-pakistan-kashmir-history.html\" title=\"\">disputes over Kashmir<\/a> figuring in each. One of those wars, in December 1971, established the so-called Line of Control that divides Kashmir. But India and Pakistan are separated by an international border of around 2,000 miles, and in this conflict, each is targeting sites far beyond Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Each military response has taken a toll on people living close to border areas; dozens of civilians have died, dozens have been injured and many homes have been damaged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iftkhar Ahmed, a politician from the Kashmiri border town of Rajouri, said four people died in his neighborhood after being hit by artillery fire that started on Friday night and continued into Saturday. Mr. Ahmed, like many others in the area, is used to shelling, but earlier episodes did not last very long. \u201cThis time, it was very long and intense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The intensifying crisis has prompted alarm worldwide and diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other countries with strong ties to both India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Foreign ministers from the Group of 7 industrialized nations had also urged \u201cmaximum restraint from both India and Pakistan\u201d in a joint statement on Friday, warning that \u201cfurther military escalation poses a serious threat to regional stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the heavy military exchanges on Saturday morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with the foreign ministers of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/05\/secretary-rubios-call-with-indian-external-affairs-minister-jaishankar-2\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">India<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/05\/secretary-rubios-call-with-pakistani-deputy-prime-minister-foreign-minister-dar\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistan<\/a>, telling both that they needed to find ways to de-escalate and communicate directly to \u201cavoid miscalculation,\u201d according to readouts of the calls from the State Department. Mr. Rubio also offered U.S. help in starting talks between the two countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ishaq Dar, Pakistan\u2019s foreign minister and deputy prime minister, described his call with Mr. Rubio as \u201cvery reassuring.\u201d Mr. Dar said he told Mr. Rubio that Pakistan would not escalate, but that it depended on India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe response we wanted to give, we\u2019ve given it. Now the ball is in India\u2019s court. If they stop at this point, we will also consider stopping,\u201d Mr. Dar said on Geo News, a Pakistani television channel. \u201cBut if they strike again, we will also respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India\u2019s external affairs minister, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrSJaishankar\/status\/1921086271532744796\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said on social media<\/a> that he had spoken with Mr. Rubio on Saturday morning. \u201cIndia\u2019s approach has always been measured and responsible and remains so,\u201d he said in the post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With both sides blaming each other for escalation, there is no off-ramp in sight, and fears are growing among the people of India and Pakistan about what might happen next.<\/p>\n<p 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