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India fires missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad calls it an 'act of war'
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India fires missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad calls it an 'act of war'

  • By MUNIR AHMED, SHEIKH SAALIQ, RIAZAT BUTT, RAJESH ROY and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press
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Pakistan says it will avenge those killed by India's missile strikes that New Delhi called retaliation for last month's massacre of Indian tourists. Pakistan called Wednesday's strikes an act of war and claimed it downed several Indian fighter jets. Islamabad has not said how it will respond. There are fears the back-and-forth could spiral into all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals. Already, this is their worst confrontation since 2019, when they came close to war. Pakistan said late Wednesday that exchanges continue along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir.