Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strikes kill 31
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, Shah Meer Baloch i from World news | The Guardian on (#6X4DF)
Fears raised of escalating conflict after statement accusing India of igniting an inferno' in Kashmir and Punjab
Pakistan has authorised its military to take corresponding" retaliatory action against India after overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force killed 31 people, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.
In a strongly worded statement, Pakistan accused India of igniting an inferno" in the region after it carried out targeted strikes on nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab in the early hours of Wednesday.
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