UPDATE: India, Pakistan claim to down each other's jets as Kashmir conflict heats up by jmackreuters AlasdairPal
Modi’s decision to order air strikes could benefit him politically, according to analysts and pollsters, but he was accused on Wednesday by opposition parties of capitalizing on conflict.
“I also encouraged both ministers to prioritize direct communication and avoid further military activity,” he said.Many of the facts in the latest series of engagements are disputed by the two sides. The Pakistani jets had locked on to six targets, in a demonstration of their capacity to hit strategic installations, but deliberately fired into open spaces where there would be no casualties.
India's Border Security Force soldiers patrol along the fenced border with Pakistan in Ranbir Singh Pura sector near Jammu February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta The Indian air force has ordered Kashmir’s main airport in Srinagar along with at least three others in neighboring states to close, an official said.
Five Indian soldiers suffered minor wounds in the shelling that ended on Wednesday morning, he added.
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