India and Pakistan exchange cross-border fire | DW News

Tensions between India and Pakistan simmered as India said on Friday that it had repelled a wave of overnight drone and artillery attacks from Pakistan. Islamabad, however, denied carrying out any cross-border strikes. India on Wednesday launched "Operation Sindoor," a series of targeted airstrikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. India's military said it struck infrastructure used by what it called "terrorists," a claim Pakistan has denied. One of the worst India-Pakistan crises in years was triggered by an April 22 attack in which gunmen killed 26 people, mostly tourists, near a resort outside the mountain town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Along with the suspended operations at specific airports, Indian authorities also directed all ports, shipping terminals and shipyards to increase security measures.

Overnight Indian shelling in Pakistan-administered Kashmir killed five civilians, including a two-year-old girl, Pakistani officials said on Friday. At least 29 people were injured in the attack near the border, the officials added. "Indian forces shelled civilian areas...resulting in the deaths of four people, including a two-year-old girl and injuring 12 others," police official Adeel Khan, based in Kotli district, told the AFP news agency. A senior government official in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, said a fifth person was killed in Bagh district. Pakistani officials said the army responded by targeting three Indian posts across the border.

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