The tit-for-tat strikes between India and Pakistan represent the most extensive military exchange between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades, killing civilians on both sides.
The attacks follow a massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir of 25 tourists and one Kashmiri local last month that New Delhi linked to “cross-border” involvement from Pakistan, an allegation that Islamabad denies.
Both countries claim Kashmir and each controls part of the region. Over the past quarter of a century — a period during which India and Pakistan emerged as nuclear powers — the two countries have clashed several times but the military exchanges stopped short of a major war.
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