India, Pakistan trade gunfire as tensions rise over deadly Kashmir attack
Pakistan promises to defend sovereignty as India’s Modi pledges to hunt Pahalgam gunmen ‘to the ends of the Earth’.
Published On 25 Apr 202525 Apr 2025
Indian and Pakistani forces have exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LOC) separating the two countries as the UN calls for “maximum restraint” amid warnings of a wider military escalation following the latest deadly attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam town.
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947, with both claiming the territory in full but governing separate portions of it, leading to lingering tensions that have devolved into violence over the years.
Indian army sources told Al Jazeera on Friday that the Pakistani side initiated the shooting. A government official in Pakistan-administered Kashmir also confirmed to the AFP news agency on Friday that troops exchanged fire, but did not say who started the exchange.
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