Tensions between India and Pakistan have intensified with fresh military activity and significant airspace disruptions. Here are the latest developments based on reports from BBC and Al Jazeera
- BBC updates
1. Pakistan’s military says it is retaliating after accusing India of striking three of its airbases
2. India has not commented on the claims, made in the early hours of Saturday
3. One of the airbases reportedly hit, Nur Khan, is in Rawalpindi – 10km (6.2m) from Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad
4. Earlier this week, India struck targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in response to a deadly militant attack on Indian tourists in Pahalgam last month – Islamabad denies involvement
5. Both sides accuse each other of cross-border shelling and missile and drone attacks since India launched its military operation
6. Indian-administered Kashmir has seen a decades-long insurgency which has claimed thousands of lives. India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in full
- AlJazeera Updates
1. Pakistan’s military said strikes have been launched against Indian military sites as part of operation “Bunyan Marsoos” after three Pakistani airbases were targeted by Indian “air-to-surface missiles”.
2. Pakistan Civil Aviation said it is closing its airspace from 3:15am local time (22:15 GMT) on Saturday until noon (07:00 GMT) following the latest attacks.
3. Explosions and air raid sirens have been heard across Indian-administered Kashmir and India’s Punjab state as the Indian military said drones were sighted in 26 locations and are being “tracked and engaged”.
4. Three people were reported injured in a drone strike on the Indian city of Ferozepur in Punjab state.
5. Approximately 50 people have been reported killed so far – 33 of them in Pakistan – since India launched missiles on Wednesday that it said targeted “terrorist camps” in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
6. India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued a series of Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) announcing the temporary closure of 32 airports across the country’s north and west for all civil flight operations.The closures will be in effect from May 9-14 and impacted airports span the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, as well as Indian-administered Kashmir.
7. Pakistan’s state-run PTV News now reports that several sensitive Indian online domains have been targeted as part of that cyberattack, including websites belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the Border Security Forces, and the Crime Research Investigation Agency.This claim could not be independently verified by Al Jazeera. The Indian government has yet to comment