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India may attack Pakistan in mid-April, Islamabad says citing ‘reliable intelligence’
Published time: 7 Apr, 2019 09:53 Edited time: 7 Apr, 2019 15:13
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FILE PHOTO. An Indian Air Force SU-30MKI aircraft fires an air-to-air missile during an exercise. ©REUTERS / Amit Dave
“We have reliable intelligence that India is planning a new attack on Pakistan. As per our information this could take place between April 16 and 20,” Qureshi announced.
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Pakistan summons Indian diplomat in wake of ‘deplorable’ civilian deaths & injuries in border fire
The minister, who was visiting his hometown of Multan on Sunday, told journalists that Pakistan shared its concerns with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The official would not elaborate on what evidence Islamabad has to back his claim, but indicated he was speaking on the instruction of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Later on Sunday, Pakistan also summoned a Delhi envoy and lodged a protest against any potentially drastic steps. “Indian deputy high commissioner was summoned for demarche in line with Foreign Minister's briefing of today and warned against any misadventure,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said in a tweet.
India would not immediately respond to the allegations.
Tensions between the nuclear-armed rival neighbors escalated this year after a suicide bombing attack killed dozens of Indian police troops in the disputed region of Kashmir in mid-February. Two weeks later, Indian warplanes conducted an air raid on Pakistani territory, targeting what India said was a training camp of the militant group which claimed credit for the attack.
An outraged Pakistan retaliated on the following day with its own bombing raid in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, which escalated into a clash between two nations’ air forces. India lost one fighter jet and claims to have shot down one of Pakistan’s F-16 aircraft, which Islamabad denies.
The situation was deflated within days, with Islamabad quickly releasing a captured Indian pilot from the plane it shot down. The stand-off led to surge of nationalist feelings on both sides.
Also on rt.com India claims 7 Pakistani military posts destroyed in latest Kashmir flare-up
Each nation has accused the other of being the source of the flare-up. India said Pakistan was covering up for Jaish-e-Mohammed, the militant group behind the bombing, instead of helping to stop their terrorist activities. Pakistan accused India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of fueling “war hysteria” ahead of crucial elections in the country.
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Pakistan, India trade fire in disputed Kashmir: 7 people die
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014, file, photo, Pakistani police officers stand guard at Chakoti post situated at the line of control between Pakistan and Indian Kashmirs, in Pakistan. Pakistan’s military said Tuesday, April 2, 2019, that Indian troops targeted its military positions in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing three soldiers and wounding a fourth. (M.D. Mughal, File/Associated Press)
By Munir Ahmed | AP
April 2
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and India traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, leaving seven people dead — three Pakistani soldiers, a Pakistani villager, an Indian woman and a girl and a member of the Indian paramilitary troops, officials said Tuesday.
The fatalities were some of the highest since tensions flared between the rival nuclear-armed nations after a suicide bombing killed 40 Indian troops in Indian-administered Kashmir in February.
Pakistan’s military said Indian troops targeted its military positions overnight in the border town of Rakhchakri in Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir. Along with the three soldiers killed, a fourth was wounded, the army said. The statement added that Pakistani soldiers “responded effectively.”
The Indian fire also killed a 70-year-old Pakistani villager in a remote area of Niaza Per on Monday evening, according to Pakistani police official Waheed Qureshi.
In India, the army accused Pakistani troops of firing mortars and small-arms fire Monday along the disputed frontier, the highly militarized so-called Line of Control, hitting the sector of Poonch in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It said Indian soldiers retaliated.
Indian police officer M.K. Sinha said an Indian paramilitary officer, a woman and a girl were killed while at least 18 civilians and five troops were wounded.
The cross border firing resumed on Tuesday morning, after a brief lull, he said.
Days after the Feb. 14 suicide attack in Kashmir, India launched an airstrike inside Pakistan, saying it targeted militants from the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group who had claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Pakistan retaliated and said it shot down two Indian air force planes; one Indian pilot was captured and later released and handed back to India amid signs of easing tensions. Pakistan said Washington, Moscow, Beijing and Riyadh helped avert all-out fighting but tensions remained. Islamabad later claimed no Pakistani was linked to the attack and that Jaish-e-Mohammed had no training camps inside Pakistan.
The group was founded by Pakistani militant Masood Azhar after his release from prison in India in 1999 in exchange for 155 hostages held on an Indian Airlines flight hijacked in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Azhar is believed to be seriously ill, living at an undisclosed location.
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Associated Press writers Aijaz Hussain in Srinagar, India, and Roshan Mughal in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, contributed to this report.
Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
India may attack Pakistan in mid-April, Islamabad says citing ‘reliable intelligence’
Published time: 7 Apr, 2019 09:53 Edited time: 7 Apr, 2019 15:13
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FILE PHOTO. An Indian Air Force SU-30MKI aircraft fires an air-to-air missile during an exercise. ©REUTERS / Amit Dave
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“We have reliable intelligence that India is planning a new attack on Pakistan. As per our information this could take place between April 16 and 20,” Qureshi announced.
Read more
Pakistan summons Indian diplomat in wake of ‘deplorable’ civilian deaths & injuries in border fire The minister, who was visiting his hometown of Multan on Sunday, told journalists that Pakistan shared its concerns with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The official would not elaborate on what evidence Islamabad has to back his claim, but indicated he was speaking on the instruction of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Later on Sunday, Pakistan also summoned a Delhi envoy and lodged a protest against any potentially drastic steps. “Indian deputy high commissioner was summoned for demarche in line with Foreign Minister's briefing of today and warned against any misadventure,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said in a tweet.
India would not immediately respond to the allegations.
Tensions between the nuclear-armed rival neighbors escalated this year after a suicide bombing attack killed dozens of Indian police troops in the disputed region of Kashmir in mid-February. Two weeks later, Indian warplanes conducted an air raid on Pakistani territory, targeting what India said was a training camp of the militant group which claimed credit for the attack.
An outraged Pakistan retaliated on the following day with its own bombing raid in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, which escalated into a clash between two nations’ air forces. India lost one fighter jet and claims to have shot down one of Pakistan’s F-16 aircraft, which Islamabad denies.
The situation was deflated within days, with Islamabad quickly releasing a captured Indian pilot from the plane it shot down. The stand-off led to surge of nationalist feelings on both sides.
Also on rt.com India claims 7 Pakistani military posts destroyed in latest Kashmir flare-up
Each nation has accused the other of being the source of the flare-up. India said Pakistan was covering up for Jaish-e-Mohammed, the militant group behind the bombing, instead of helping to stop their terrorist activities. Pakistan accused India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of fueling “war hysteria” ahead of crucial elections in the country.
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Pakistan, India trade fire in disputed Kashmir: 7 people die
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014, file, photo, Pakistani police officers stand guard at Chakoti post situated at the line of control between Pakistan and Indian Kashmirs, in Pakistan. Pakistan’s military said Tuesday, April 2, 2019, that Indian troops targeted its military positions in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing three soldiers and wounding a fourth. (M.D. Mughal, File/Associated Press)
By Munir Ahmed | AP
April 2
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and India traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, leaving seven people dead — three Pakistani soldiers, a Pakistani villager, an Indian woman and a girl and a member of the Indian paramilitary troops, officials said Tuesday.
The fatalities were some of the highest since tensions flared between the rival nuclear-armed nations after a suicide bombing killed 40 Indian troops in Indian-administered Kashmir in February.
Pakistan’s military said Indian troops targeted its military positions overnight in the border town of Rakhchakri in Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir. Along with the three soldiers killed, a fourth was wounded, the army said. The statement added that Pakistani soldiers “responded effectively.”
The Indian fire also killed a 70-year-old Pakistani villager in a remote area of Niaza Per on Monday evening, according to Pakistani police official Waheed Qureshi.
In India, the army accused Pakistani troops of firing mortars and small-arms fire Monday along the disputed frontier, the highly militarized so-called Line of Control, hitting the sector of Poonch in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It said Indian soldiers retaliated.
Indian police officer M.K. Sinha said an Indian paramilitary officer, a woman and a girl were killed while at least 18 civilians and five troops were wounded.
The cross border firing resumed on Tuesday morning, after a brief lull, he said.
Days after the Feb. 14 suicide attack in Kashmir, India launched an airstrike inside Pakistan, saying it targeted militants from the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group who had claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Pakistan retaliated and said it shot down two Indian air force planes; one Indian pilot was captured and later released and handed back to India amid signs of easing tensions. Pakistan said Washington, Moscow, Beijing and Riyadh helped avert all-out fighting but tensions remained. Islamabad later claimed no Pakistani was linked to the attack and that Jaish-e-Mohammed had no training camps inside Pakistan.
The group was founded by Pakistani militant Masood Azhar after his release from prison in India in 1999 in exchange for 155 hostages held on an Indian Airlines flight hijacked in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Azhar is believed to be seriously ill, living at an undisclosed location.
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Associated Press writers Aijaz Hussain in Srinagar, India, and Roshan Mughal in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, contributed to this report.
Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
