India-Pakistan latest: India says it ‘repulsed’ multiple drone attacks near border amid heavy Kashmir shelling – UK Times

Vice president JD Vance said the US cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours and a war between them would be “none of our business”.

“We want this thing to de-escalate as quickly as possible. We can’t control these countries, though,” Mr Vance told Fox News.

“What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit, but we’re not going to get involved in the middle of war that’s fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it,” he added.

Mr Vance’s statement contradicted president Donald Trump’s earlier offer of “help” to solve the crisis in Asia.

India is an important partner for Washington, which aims to counter China’s rising influence, while Pakistan remains a US ally despite its diminished importance after Washington’s withdrawal from neighboring Afghanistan in 2021.

The Indian army this morning said Pakistan’s military launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along its entire western border last night.

It also accused Pakistan of another night of heavy shelling along the de facto border in the Himalayan region, where a fragile ceasefire was agreed in 2021.

“The drone attacks were effectively repulsed and a befitting reply was given to the ceasefire violations,” the army said in a statement.

Pakistan has strongly denied India’s claims that it launched attacks targeting cities such as Jammu, Pathankot, Jaisalmer and Srinagar.

A minister told the BBC that the country was yet to hit back at India and would not deny its actions when it does so.

Islamabad said New Delhi’s accusations were part of a “reckless propaganda campaign” designed to damage Pakistan’s image and stir up tensions in the region, Geo TV reported.

Kashmir Residents told The Independent they are terrified, as “it is the common people who will suffer” in the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan.

“There are queues for petrol and groceries. There’s no business and people have no money,” Srinagar shopkeeper Nazir Ahmad said.

Displaced Kashmiri Muslims, take shelter in a government degree college during a fresh skirmish near the Line of Control.

– Two huge blasts and sirens were heard in Jammu city in Indian Kashmir on Thursday and there was a blackout across the city.

– India’s army Pakistan of firing missiles and drones at two military bases in Indian-administered Kashmir, and another in India’s Punjab district.

– Pakistan’s defence minister denied Pakistan is responsible for any attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.

– Pakistan also said it shot down 25 Indian drones overnight, but Delhi did not comment.

Clutching their father’s hand, 12-year-old twins Zain and Zoya tried to escape night-time shelling, part of the deadly crossfire that has erupted between India and Pakistan.

They were fleeing to safety after a loud blast shook their house in the Indian border town of Poonch. But they had barely stepped outside when another explosion tore through the street, killing them both.

“They came [into the world] together and they died together,” their uncle, Adil Pathan, told The Independent. “One of them took their last breaths in my arms.”

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Activists are pictured waving Indian national flags and display banners reading “Operation Sindoor” during a protest against Pakistan on Thursday.

Unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes are gaining millions of views.

The wave of misinformation has been uncovered by the BBC Verify.

Clips that claim to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan, have been debunked by the broadcaster.

In one video shared to X claims to show an explosion caused by a Pakistani response, but it was actually from the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in Lebanon, it revealed.

In another case a video which amassed more than 3 million views on X in a matter of hours, claimed to show blasts caused by the Indian strikes on Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

However, a search for screengrabs from the video on Google revealed the footage actually showed Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on 13 October 2023.

Pakistan’s information minister has rejected reports that Pakistan attacked Indian-administered Kashmir.

In a post on X Attaullah Tarar said: “Pakistan has not targeted any locations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, or across international border, so far. Neither has any loss been incurred by PAF.”

He then went on to accuse India of spreading misinformation.

“Indian media is always spreading disinformation either to create to craft a (fake) notion of success before publicly accepting their embarrassing losses during their unprovoked aggression on night of 6/7 May 2025,” he said.

“We have only given defensive response so far! International community may take note.”

It comes after Pakistan’s defense minister Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan is not responsible for any attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in an interview with the BBC.