India-Pakistan conflicts escalated strongly with attacks on military bases

The fighting between India and Pakistan increased strongly on Saturday, with both sides aimed at air bases and accused each other for beating when the United States again called on both sides for de -escalating.

Pakistan said that India had at least three of its air base with air-surface missiles in the early morning hours of Saturday, including only Khan, an important installation of the Air Force near the capital, Islamabad. Witnesses in the city of Rawalpindi, in which only Khan is located, reported at least three loud explosions to hear, with one “big fire ball” describing a miles away.

Within a few hours, Pakistan said that short-distance rockets of surface surface rockets against several locations in India, including the air base of Udhampur and Patankot as well as a rocket storage facility, had returned. “An eye for an eye,” said the Pakistani military in a statement.

However, India also described his campaign on Saturday as a retaliation. The Indian military said that several Pakistani military goals had hit two of them radar locations, in response to a wave of Pakistani attacks at 26 places with drones, long -distance weapons and combat aircraft. Equipment and the staff were “limited damage” at four Indian Air Force base, said Vyomika Singh, an Indian Air Force, at a press conference on Saturday.

“Pakistani measures that have presented provocation and escalation. In response to it, India has defended and reacted a responsible and measured way,” said India’s Foreign Minister Vikram Misri.

Between the claims and the counterclaims it was increasingly clear that the night some of the most severe military engagements have been from both sides since the armed confrontation on Wednesday.

Both countries say that they want to empty de -escalation, but the confrontation has only tightened since India carried out air strikes in Pakistan on Wednesday. India had accused Pakistan of accommodating terrorist groups that had carried out a fatal attack on tourists in India in India last month. Pakistan denied the commitment.

Since then, the crisis has turned into the most extensive confrontation between the two nations in half a century, with violent fights along the sections of its border and drone attacks and other strikes in every country. Each answer is associated with waves of claims, counterclaims and disinformation.

This has led as an alarm and diplomatic efforts worldwide to defuse the crisis by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other countries with strong connections both India and Pakistan.

Foreign Minister from the group of 7 industrialized nations also asked in a joint explanation on Friday “maximum reluctance from India and Pakistan” that “the further military escalation is a serious threat to regional stability”.

But this diplomatic pressure has not yet achieved a breakthrough.

After the strong military exchanges on Saturday morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to the external ministers of India and Pakistan and shared both sides that they had to find ways to get lost and communicate directly in order to “avoid miscalculation”, according to the Foreign Ministry. Mr. Rubio also offered us help to start talks between the two countries.

Ishaq, Pakistani Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, described his call with Mr. Rubio as “very reassuring”. Mr. Dar said he said Mr. Rubio that Pakistan would not escalate, but that it depends on India.

“We gave the answer that we wanted to give. Now the ball is in India’s dish. If you stop at this point, we will also consider,” said Dar said in Geo News, a Pakistani television station. “But if you strike again, we will also answer.”

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s Foreign Minister, said on social media that he spoke to Mr. Rubio on Saturday morning. “India’s approach was always measured and responsible and remains so,” he said in the post office.

Since both sides accuse each other to escalate the conflict, there is no process in sight, and the fears grow among people in India and Pakistan, which could happen next.

India and Pakistan became separate countries in 1947 and led three wars with disputes over cashmere. One of these wars in December 1971 founded the so -called control line, which Kashmir shares.