Pakistan accuses India of violating air space over Kashmir
SANAA, Feb. 26 (YPA) – Pakistan on Tuesday announced that Indian warplanes have violated its airspace over the “line of control” in Kashmir, asserting that its fighters had intercepted Indian planes and forced them to return.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Pakistani Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor wrote on his Twitter Account that “the Indian Air Force violated Line of Control separating the two parts of the disputed Kashmir region.
“The Pakistani air Force is immediately moved, and the Indian planes gone back,” he said.
Indian Air Force violated Line of Control. Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircrafts gone back. Details to follow.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 25, 2019
In another tweet he said that “Indian aircrafts intruded airspace over Muzafarabad sector, the capital of Pakistan’s Kashmir, adding that the Indian fighter jets, which “received the appropriate and effective response from the Pakistan Air Force, hastily dropped an explosive device which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage.
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.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 26, 2019
The military development comes at a time when relations between the two neighboring nuclear powers have been strained since Feb. 14 when 41 Indian soldiers were killed in Kashmir in a suicide bombing in which New Delhi accused Islamabad of involvement, an accusation the Pakistani government quickly denied.
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