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2025 India–Pakistan strikes

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2025 India–Pakistan strikes
Part of the 2025 India–Pakistan standoff

Locations struck inside Pakistan[1]
Date7 May 2025 – present
Location
Pakistan, Pakistani-administered Kashmir, India, and Indian-administered Kashmir
Status Ongoing
Belligerents
 India  Pakistan
Casualties and losses

Per Pakistan:

Per India:

None[4][5][6][7]

Per India:

Per Pakistan:

None[11][2]

26 Pakistani civilians killed, 46 injured (per Pakistan)[12][13]

10 Indian civilians killed, 48 injured (per India)[14][15]

On 7 May 2025, India conducted missile strikes on Pakistan codenamed Operation Sindoor. India said that it targeted militant infrastructure. Pakistan said that Indian strikes targeted civilian areas (including mosques),[16] and killed 26 Pakistani civilians, including a child.[17][12] Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the strikes "an act of war" and vowed to respond.[18][19] Pakistan retaliated against the Indian strikes. India said Pakistani artillery killed three Indian civilians.[20]

The Indian strikes were a response to the 2025 Pahalgam attack in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The attack was attributed to The Resistance Front and those killed were mostly non-Muslim tourists, including 26 Indian nationals and a Nepali citizen. India accused Pakistan of supporting the attackers, though Pakistan denied the allegations.[21] The attack triggered the 2025 India–Pakistan standoff, which is part of the broader Kashmir conflict.[22]

Background

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Main article: 2025 India–Pakistan standoff

The Kashmir conflict, ongoing since 1947, has fuelled multiple wars and skirmishes between India and Pakistan over the disputed region.

On 22 April 2025, an attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, killed 26 civilians and was claimed by the Resistance Front, an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba.[23] India accused Pakistan of backing the attack, which Pakistan refutes. India expelled Pakistani diplomats, suspended visas for Pakistanis, and suspended the Indus Waters Treaty.[24] Both nations engaged in military posturing, with Pakistan testing ballistic missiles on 3 May and India conducting drills.[25]

The operation was codenamed “Sindoor” alluding to the fact that Hindu men were selectively targeted in the Pahalgam attack, sparing their wives.[26][27]

Indian attacks

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On 6 May 2025, the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, twenty-four attacks targeting six locations in Pakistani-administered Kashmir (Muzaffarabad and Kotli) and Pakistan’s Punjab province (Bahawalpur), i.e. across both the Line of Control and the international border.[28][29]

India's government described the strikes as "focused, measured, and non-escalatory,"[30] targeting terrorist infrastructure linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, with no Pakistani military facilities hit.[31] Pakistan said India targeted innocent civilians,[20] and that children were killed in the attacks.[32] One of the locations hit by Indian attacks was Bilal mosque, Muzaffarabad, with damage reported by Reuters.[16] Khawaja Asif, Pakistan's Minister of Defence, initially said that Indian soldiers were taken prisoners and planes were shot down.[33] Pakistan later clarified that no Indian soldiers had been taken as prisoners.[34][35] The Indian Air Force deployed the Rafale jets armed with SCALP missiles and AASM Hammer bombs in the 23 minute-long Operation Sindoor early in the morning of 7 May 2025.[36][37][38]

A Pakistani general said that the strikes were conducted without Indian aircraft entering Pakistani airspace. The strikes caused explosions and a power blackout in Muzaffarabad.[39] Maryam Nawaz, the chief minister of the Pakistani province of Punjab, urged residents to stay inside their homes.[40] Locals in Srinagar reported heavy fighter jet activity overhead.[28] The Indian Army released a statement on Twitter, declaring "Justice is Served" with the hashtag #PahalgamTerrorAttack.[41][42] The Indian military said that Pakistan fired into Bhimber Gali, a village in Kashmir.[40]

According to Jaish-e-Mohammed, an Indian airstrike on Bahawalpur killed ten members of leader Masood Azhar's family, in addition to four close associates.[43]

Pakistani attacks

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Main article: 2025 Pakistani strikes in Kashmir

On 7 May 2025, Pakistan conducted missile strikes on Indian-administered Kashmir in response to the Indian missile strikes on Pakistan. According to Pakistan's state media, the Pakistan Air Force shot down five[33] or two Indian aircraft.[44][45][46] The state media also claimed that an Indian brigade headquarters was destroyed in a retaliatory strike.[47]

Indian media claimed that a Pakistani JF-17 was shot down while trying to intrude into Indian airspace. The aircraft crashed in Pulwama's Pampore, India.[10] India's Press Information Bureau claimed that none of the Indian jets were shot down but the images circulating showing a crashed MiG-29 was allegedly from a year ago.[4] They also claimed that the Indian Brigade Headquarters[5] nor the Srinagar Airbase had been attacked.[6]

Casualties

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Pakistani security forces said that the Indian attacks killed 26 civilians, including at least two children, and injured at least 35 others.[32]

India said that artillery fire killed three civilians inside Indian administered Kashmir, according to Indian officials.[17]

Military

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According to Pakistani security forces, five Indian Air Force combat jets and a drone were shot down by the army.[48][33] The Guardian reported that an aircraft had crashed inside Indian-administered Kashmir, near Srinagar.[49]

Aftermath

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The airspace was closed for 48 hours and all flights were cancelled in Karachi and Lahore.[50][51] In Punjab, schools and colleges were closed, while examinations were postponed.[52]

SpiceJet, IndiGo and Air India halted flights in the region,[53] while Air France and Lufthansa avoided Pakistani airspace.[54][55] Three Dhaka-bound international flights operated by Turkish Airlines, Jazeera Airways, and Kuwait Airways were diverted to Muscat, Dubai and Kuwait City.[56] Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air suspended operations and/or re-routed flights to cities in both countries.[57]

Reactions

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Involved parties

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  •  Pakistan: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the strikes a "cowardly attack" on civilians, with its military threatening retaliatory strikes at a time and place of its choosing.[21][58][59]
  •  India: The government claimed that the operation was a necessary response to "terrorism," citing the Pahalgam attack.[23] Prime Minister Narendra Modi canceled his planned trip to Croatia, The Netherlands and Norway in light of the actions.[60]

Supranational bodies

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International

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  •  China: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said that China found India's military operation early in the morning regrettable. The spokesperson expressed concern about the ongoing situation and urged both sides to act in the larger interest of peace and stability, to remain calm, exercise restraint, and refrain from taking actions that might further complicate the situation.[63][64][65]
  •  Israel: Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said that Israel supports India's right for self-defense. He added that "terrorists should know there's no place to hide from their heinous crimes against the innocent."[63][64]
  •  Qatar: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged diplomacy and restraint.[66]
  •  United Arab Emirates: Foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan called for both sides to show restraint and avoid an escalation.[67]
  •  United States: President Donald Trump expressed his disappointment on Indian strikes and said that he hopes "it ends very quickly."[68]

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