Pakistan shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Pakistan armed forces said, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's air force shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday and captured one Indian pilot, a military spokesman said.
Pakistan's army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor said Pakistani troops on ground captured the Indian pilot. One of the downed planes crashed in Pakistan's part of Kashmir while the other went down in Indian-controlled section of the Himalayan region, he said. Kashmir is split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both in its entirety. Though Pakistani and Indian troops in Kashmir often trade fire, the latest civilian casualties on the Pakistani side came a dayon Tuesday that New Delhi said targeted a terrorist training camp in northwestern Pakistan.
A man holds an Indian flag during celebrations in New Delhi on Tuesday after officials announced the country's air force had conducted airstrikes on militant camps in Pakistani territory.She said the limited objective of India's strike inside Pakistan on a terrorist training camp Tuesday was to act decisively against the terrorist infrastructure of Jaish-e-Mohammad group, to pre-empt another terror attack in India.
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