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- India fired attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two civilians, the Pakistani military has said, and India accused its neighbour of attempting its own attacks, as tensions soar between the nuclear-armed rivals.
- At least 48 deaths have been reported, 32 of them in Pakistan, since India launched missiles on Wednesday that it said targeted “terrorist camps”, and Pakistan retaliated with a barrage of artillery strikes.
- Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar says its responses to Indian attacks have shown “restraint”, but that the country deserves a larger retaliation at a place, time and “manner of its choosing”.
- Pakistan’s military says it has downed 25 Indian drones over its territory, while India says it thwarted Pakistani drone and missile attacks on its military.
- Heavy exchanges of artillery fire have been reported along the Line of Control dividing Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
- Tensions have been escalating between the two nuclear-armed countries since a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which India blamed on Pakistan. Pakistan has denied any involvement.