India said it conducted air strikes on an alleged terrorist training camp across the Line of Control, the de facto border between India and Pakistan in disputed Kashmir. It is a significant escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear armed powers.
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The apparent strike took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and came in response to what India said was"credible intelligence" about potential terrorist attacks, India's foreign secretary, Vijay Gokhale told reporters in New Delhi, Tuesday.suicide car bomb attack It was the worst attack on Indian forces since the beginning of an insurgency in the region in the late 1980s, according to analysts.
India's account came hours after a spokesperson for the Pakistan Armed Forces tweeted that Indian military aircraft crossed into Pakistan airspace, but were driven back.