The Pakistan army demolished a drone of Indian Quadcopter near the control line (LOC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), state media reported, as tensions between the two countries remain following the pahalgama attack.
The April 22 attack killed 26 people, mostly tourists, and was one of the most mortal armed attacks in the Himalayas region in dispute since 2000. The resistance of Kashmir, also known as the front of the resistance, said that “unequivocally” denied participation in the attack, after an initial message that was responsible.
India, without offering any evidence, has involved the cross -border links of the attackers, while Pakistan has strongly denied any participation. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has requested a neutral investigation into the incident.
“Pakistan has successfully demolished an Indian Quadcopter along the control line, frustrating a violation of its airspace,” managed by the State Pakistan radio and PTV news He reported, citing security sources.
Specifying the location, security sources said the “enemy tried to perform surveillance using a quadcopter” in the Manawar sector of the Bhimber district in AJK.
“Pakistan’s army, through timely action, frustrated this nefarious attempt of the enemy,” the report added.
Security sources described the incident as “clear testimony of surveillance, professional skill and defensive preparation of the Pakistan army.”
“Pakistan’s army is always ready to give an immediate and effective response to any aggression of the enemy,” said the report, adding that the entire nation was “united with the Armed Forces to give an adequate response to the enemy on each front.”
Development occurs when Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged fire along the fifth consecutive night, after four years of relative calm.
The Indian army said his Pakistani soldiers and forces shot at night. There was no immediate confirmation of Pakistan.
India said that overnight from Monday to Tuesday, the shots took place in areas in front of the districts of Kupwara and Baramulla in Held Cashmira, as well as in the Akhnoor sector.
There were no victims reports.
In the last of this heated debate, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said yesterday that Pakistan was ready for any incursion by India.
“We have reinforced our forces because it is something that is imminent now. So, in that situation, some strategic decisions must be made, so those decisions have been made,” said Asif said Reuters.
He said that the military had informed the Government about the possibility of an Indian attack, but did not enter more details about their reasons to think that an incursion was imminent.
In an interview with TV SamaaAsif warned that there was a “war that was coming on the horizon”, and then told him Geographical news that the “next two or three days were crucial.”
Since the attack of the Pahalgama, nations with nuclear weapons have unleashed a series of measures with each other.
India on April 23, unilaterally suspended the Critical Water Treaty of the Indo (IWT), a water exchange agreement that was negotiated by the World Bank and has suffered through wars and decades of hostility.
The next day, Pakistan retaliates threatening to put the Simla agreement abandoned and close his airspace for Indian flights. The National Security Committee (NSC) in Islamabad also asked India to “refrain from its reflexive guilt game.”
India said today (Tuesday) is the deadline for Pakistani citizens to leave.
The calls have also grown from Indian politicians and others by military action against Pakistan. Analysts say they fear that Belicosis statements intensify in a possible military action.
EAU joins the choir that favors the Pak-India dialogue
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates have joined other countries to emphasize the importance of “promoting dialogue” to calm tensions between Indian and Pakistan archirival following Pahalgam’s attack.
The vice president of the EAU and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah, Bin Zayed al Nahyan, in a phone call with his Pachistani counterpart Ishaq to give today, discussed today the recent regional situation and matters of mutual concern, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) in X.
Dar informed the EAU official of the decisions taken by the National Security Committee of Pakistan last week in response to “the unfounded accusations of India, the inflammatory rhetoric and unilateral actions.”
The US deputy “emphasized the importance of defending regional stability, promoting dialogue, exercising peaceful dispute resolution,” according to FO.
“Reaffirming the strong fraternal ties between Pakistan and the EAU, both leaders promised to maintain a close coordination and consultations in the light of [the] Evolution of the regional situation “.
Both attached ministers also expressed the determination of their countries to “improve bilateral cooperation and advance the shared objectives of peace, stability and sustainable development,” said the for.
Other friendly countries and global powers have also sought the reduction of tensions between Pakistan and India, including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkiye and Qatar.
Yesterday, China said that the two parties “exercise restriction, meet halfway, properly handle relevant differences through dialogue and consultation, and jointly maintain regional peace and stability.”
The president of Turkiye, Rece Tayyip Erdogan, also requested a rapid de -escalation of the beer elaboration crisis, Anadolu agency He reported Monday.
“We want the growing tensions between Pakistan and India to dismiss as soon as possible, before they evolve to a more serious situation,” said Erdogan after a cabinet meeting in Ankara.
“Türkiye emphasizes every time that we don’t want new conflicts in our region and beyond,” he emphasized.
The United Nations have urged arch
Iran has already offered to mediate, and Saudi Arabia has said that Riad was trying to “avoid a escalation.” The president of the United States, Donald Trump, minimized tensions on Friday, saying that the dispute will be “discovered, one way or another.”
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