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India-Pakistan conflict: Pakistan moving troops to forward areas, says Indian military

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The Indian military said that Pakistan had attempted several air intrusions using drones along the Line of Control and conducted shelling using heavy-calibre RT guns, targeting civilian infrastructure and killing some civilians.

“Heavy exchange of artillery mortars and small-arm fire in Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajouri and Akhnoor sectors continued,” the military said in the press briefing on Saturday morning. “Indian Army has responded effectively and proportionately, causing extensive damage to Pakistan Army.”

India said that in response to Pakistan’s “ drone strikes” on Thursday night in several cities of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, the Indian Army conducted a “coordinated fire assault on terrorist launchpads, pulverising and razing them to cinders”.

“The terrorist launchpads, located close to the Line of Control, were a hub for planning and executing terror attacks against Indian civilians and security forces in the past,” the army said.


Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that Pakistani claims of Indian missiles hitting Afghanistan is “ludicrous”.

“There is this yet again completely ludicrous...

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