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India, Pakistan claim to down each other's jets as Kashmir conflict heats up
LBN thread: Kashmir escalation: Pakistan 'shoots down two Indian jets'
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Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 27, 2019 / 12:55 AM / UPDATED 9 MINUTES AGO
India, Pakistan claim to down each other's jets as Kashmir conflict heats up
James Mackenzie, Alasdair Pal
9 MIN READ
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other’s fighter jets on Wednesday, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a 1971 war, prompting world powers to urge restraint.
Both countries have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations.
Tensions have been running high since a Feb. 14 suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant training base.
A senior Indian government source said that 300 militants were killed in Tuesday’s strike. Pakistan says no one was killed.
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India, Pakistan claim to down each other's jets as Kashmir conflict heats up
James Mackenzie, Alasdair Pal
9 MIN READ
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other’s fighter jets on Wednesday, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a 1971 war, prompting world powers to urge restraint.
Both countries have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations.
Tensions have been running high since a Feb. 14 suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant training base.
A senior Indian government source said that 300 militants were killed in Tuesday’s strike. Pakistan says no one was killed.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir/india-pakistan-claim-to-down-each-others-jets-as-kashmir-conflict-heats-up-idUSKCN1QG0IR