India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on Wednesday (May 7), after New Delhi launched missile strikes on its arch-rival in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
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00:00India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on Wednesday,
00:15after New Delhi launched missile strikes on its arch-rival in a major escalation between
00:20the nuclear-armed neighbors.
00:22Fatalities were reported on both sides.
00:29Pakistan said Indian strikes had killed at least eight civilians, including one child,
00:34and India said Pakistani artillery fire had killed three civilians along the de facto
00:39border in contested Kashmir.
00:42New Delhi announced it had carried out precision strikes at terrorist camps at nine sites in
00:49Pakistan-administered Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the
00:55Indian-run side of the disputed region.
00:59Wednesday's strikes are a dangerous heightening of friction between the South Asian neighbors,
01:03who have fought multiple wars since they were carved out of the subcontinent at the end
01:07of British rule in 1947.
01:10For days, the international community has piled pressure on Pakistan and India to step back
01:16from the brink of war.
01:29near the international community, the national security congress the border in the southeast of the
01:35United States, which is public health center.
01:38The international community has been in Afghanistan with the