Amna: Welcome to the news hour.
India has launched missile
strikes against Pakistan
tonight in an apparent response
to a deadly terrorist attack in
indian-administered kashmir two
weeks ago.
Geoff: India blamed those
attacks on Pakistani militants,
and struck nine targets in
pakistani-administered kashmir,
the disputed border region each
claims as its own.
Nick schifrin is here now with
more.
What is the latest?
Nick: India says that it
targeted terror sites in
pakistan-controlled kashmir but
Pakistan says the strike also
hit in the eastern province and
these are videos from Pakistan.
You see one of those explosions.
India causes -- says these
strikes are focused, measured,
and on escalatory, did not
target any Pakistani military
targets and India has
demonstrated considerable
restraint.
As you said, India is responding
to a terrorist attack last month
in Indian administered kashmir
that killed more than two dozen
hindu tourists.
India accused Pakistan of
backing that attack, a claim
Pakistan denied.
The prime minister, narendra
Modi, has been under domestic
pressure to respond to this
attack with the military and
analysts tell me India frankly
feels like the aggrieved party
right now and is not worried
about escalation so Modi had to
respond in part because he has
been claiming that kashmir was
safe.
Geoff:based on your reporting,
is this likely to escalate?
Nick: In a word, yes.
The Pakistani prime minister
said tonight that Pakistan has
every right to give a robust
response to this act of war
imposed by India and a strong
response is indeed being given.
Pakistan had already warned that
any Indian military strike would
be responded to with a quid pro
quo and Pakistan tonight is
describing these attacks as
partially on civilians.
Pakistan said a child was
killed.
A mosque might have been struck.
The analyst I speak to say that
Pakistan's army chief who is
known by some as risk prone will
be wanting to demonstrate a
level of toughness, wanting to
respond to this in a way that
will go over and above what
India has done so the fear among
analysts tonight is very much
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