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February 26 The Indian Jets entered inside Pakistan, by violating the line of control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The Indian side claimed that the jets enetered the Pakistani side and Destroyed Jaish Camps Camp With 1000 kg Laser-guided Bombs- India, the Pakistani Army might have rejected these claims, however they did admit that the Planes entered till Balakot. Balakat is at least 50 Kilometers away from the Line of Control in Muzaffarabad. "Indian aircrafts intruded from Muzafarabad sector. Facing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage." The spokesperson of Pakistan Army tweeted. Meanwhile the Indian Me...

February 26 Pakistan on Tuesday alleged that Indian Air Force jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC) from Muzafarabad sector in Pakistan Administered Kashmir. While officials in the air force refused to comment, saying that they have nothing to reply as it was "Pakistan's version", sources told CNN-News18 that the force was targeting a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) hideout in Balakot sector with laser-guided bombs. ALSO READ: Surgical Strikes Aside, But Yes Indian Jets Entered 50 Kilometers Inside Pakistan News agency ANI also quoted IAF sources as saying that the "attack" took place at 3:30 am when 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets "struck a major Militant camp across the LoC and completely destroyed it with 1,000 kg bombs. The comment has come days after the Pulwama attack, where 40 CR...

February 26 Pakistan has claimed that the Indian Air Force violated the Line of Control (LoC), following which the former “scrambled” immediately. Pakistan’s claim comes in the wake of tense relations between the two countries in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack. Indian Air Force violated Line of Control (LoC). Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircrafts gone back. Details to follow,” the Spokesperson for the Pakistan Armed Forces, Major General Asif Ghafoor, tweeted on Tuesday. Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Jawed Bajwa had visited Pakistani troops deployed at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir and instructed them to “be ready to face any eventuality,” on Friday. Bajwa had also visited the Headquarters Rawalpindi Corps on Monday, whe...

February 23 Residents of 27 villages along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan have been asked to vacate. Media Reports said that residents of 27 villages in Nowshera sector of Jammu Kashmir’s Rajouri district have been asked to be ready to vacate at short notice after intermittent cross-border shelling on Wednesday and Thursday. The LoC has been tense and on a heightened state of alert since a car suicide bomber killed at least 45 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Pulwama on February 14. ALSO READ: 100 Additional companies of Forces to be Deployed in Kashmir, Leaves of Officers Cancelled Differentiating between calibres of weapons is as important as distinguishing between a good and bad harvest for this farming community ...

February 21 In an audio message being circulated on social media, the chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed Masood Azhar said that Pakistan has nothing to do with the Pulwama strike which killed at least 40 CRPF soldiers. As reported by News 18, Masood has in this fresh audio said, “Kashmiri freedom struggle is indegenious, it doesn’t need any foreign support adding that the attacker (Adil Ahmed Dar) who carried out the deadly Pulwama attack was a Kashmiri and the attack was planned in Kashmir." Masood has also said that Pakistan government must ‘not to succumb to the pressure from India’. “The attack was carried out on a murderous India and as usual it is crying and blaming Pakistan for this attack, but this time it does not seem to be working," he is heard saying. The Highly militariz...

February 20 Following the attack at Pulwama that claimed the lives of 49 CRPF troopers UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum restraint” and offered to mediate in the face of rising tensions Guterres, through a spokesman, said that the UN is deeply concerned about the situation while offering to mediate if the two parties request it. The head of the UN received on Wednesday the Pakistani ambassador, Maleeha Lodhi, whose government has asked the organization to intervene in the current crisis, Efe reported. For now, Guterres calls on both sides to “exercise maximum restraint and take immediate steps” to defuse the tension, spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. The historic tensions between the two nuclear natio...

February 19 Indian and Pakistani troops have started Firing at eachother on the Line of Control in Jhanger forward area of Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. Officials on the Indian side said, Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control at Jhanger forward area of Nowshera sector and later mortar shelling started. " Both small arms firing and mortar shelling is going on since an hour now," they said, adding that, firing is still going on.

February 19 Pakistan has sought the urgent intervention of UN Secretary-General in defusing tensions with India and help facilitate dialogue between the two countries, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday, following one of the worst attacks in Kashmir that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. On February 14, at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in Kashmir’s Pulwama district in a suicide attack claimed by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Militant group. The attack has heightened bilateral tensions with both New Delhi and Islamabad calling back their envoys for “consultations”. India on Friday announced the withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation status for Pakistan and hiked the customs duty by 200 per cent on goods originating from the neigbouring country. Pakistan Fore...

February 16 Pakistan government has strongly protested against the Pulwama attack and said that the Pulwama attack is a matter of serious concern. The Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Pakistan expressed sympathy with the families of the deceased CRPF men. They expressed grief concern over the attack. ALSO READ: Saudi Arab Condemns Pulwama Attack Pakistan has said that some elements of the Indian media and the Indian government are trying to connect the attack to Pakistan without any investigation. "This attack has been done by Jaish-e-Mohammed. The group led by Masood Azhar arried out the attack,” Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had alleged. In the horrific suicide attack carried out by the Jaish-e-Mohammad carried out an attack killing 39 soldiers of Central R...

February 16 Saudi Arabia has denounced the attack by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Jammu Kashmir that claimed the lives of at least 45 CRPF personnel. The Kingdom strongly condemns and denounces "these cowardly terrorist acts and stands with India against terrorism and extremism", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was cited as saying by the Saudi Press Agency. "Saudi Arabia offers condolences to the Indian government, families of the victims and wishes the injured a speedy recovery," the Ministry said.