Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned that India will “pay the price” for carrying out airstrikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The country’s National Security Committee has authorized a military response, describing India’s actions as having “ignited an inferno in the region.”
India stated that it targeted nine locations in its airstrikes, claiming the strikes were a retaliation for a militant attack on Indian tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month, which resulted in at least 26 deaths.
Pakistan reported that 31 people were killed in the Indian airstrikes, while India reported that Pakistani shelling in response to the strikes had killed at least 15 civilians.
Christian Fraser presents BBC News at Ten, with reporting by Samira Hussain and James Landale.
