In a dramatic escalation of violence over their shared Himalayan border, India and Pakistan both claimed to shoot down one another's fighter jets Wednesday, and video emerged of a bloodied, blindfolded Indian pilot in Pakistani custody.
Pakistani soldiers stand next to what Pakistan says is the wreckage of an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir at Somani area in Bhimbar district near the Line of Control on Wednesday.Pakistani soldiers stand next to what Pakistan says is the wreckage of an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir at Somani area in Bhimbar district near the Line of Control on Wednesday.
In a text message sent to foreign correspondents in India, a spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs called the videos"vulgar" and suggested they violate"all norms of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention." It said that India had summoned the acting High Commissioner of Pakistan – the equivalent of an ambassador – to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, to lodge a"strong protest" against the day's events.
"It is not in Pakistan's interest to let our land be used for terrorism. There is no dispute there," Khan said."Yet, I had still feared that India would [ignore the offer and] still take action, and I had therefore warned India against aggression and said we will be compelled to respond because no sovereign country can allow that [violation of its sovereignty]."In response to PAF strikes this morning as released by MoFA, IAF crossed LOC.
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