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Tensions with India - Updates

The key developments​


  • Pakistan's prime minister says Islamabad has made its "reply" following Indian strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir
  • He was referencing Pakistan's claim that it shot down five Indian jets and a drone, which Delhi has not confirmed
  • Between 01:05 and 01:30 India time (20:35 and 21:00 BST on Tuesday), India said it had launched strikes on nine sites - Pakistan said six locations were hit
  • Islamabad raised the death toll from the strikes to 31 this evening, also reporting that 57 people were injured
  • India's army said 15 civilians were killed by Pakistani shelling on its side of the de facto border - the Line of Control (LoC)
  • Earlier today, Pakistan's National Security Committee (NSC) warned that it reserves the right to respond to India "at a time, place and manner of its choosing"
 
India's strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views.

Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan.

One video, which had more than 400,000 views on X at the time of writing, claiming to show an explosion caused by a Pakistani response was actually from the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in Lebanon.

An expert told BBC Verify that in moments of heightened tension or dramatic events, misinformation is more likely to spread and fuel distrust and hostility.
 
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