India Conducts Airstrikes Across Kashmir Border Into Pakistan

An Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 aircraft lands on the Agra-Lucknow expressway during a drill in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/File Photo

Reuters: India says carried out air strike on 'terror camps' inside Pakistan

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian jets crossed into Pakistani territory on Tuesday, conducting what one minister said was an air strike on “terror camps”, dramatically escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors who have fought three wars against each other.

The confrontation follows a growing rift between the arch-foes since a Feb. 14 suicide bombing in the disputed Kashmir region, claimed by a Pakistani-based militant group, killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police. New Delhi blamed Islamabad, which denies having a role in the attack.

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WNU Editor: The Pakistani military is downplaying Tuesday's strike across LoC, saying no casualties or damage was caused by the raids. This attack is also the first of its kind since the countries went to war in 1971.

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