The Latest: As tensions escalate, Pakistani Prime Minister Khan calls for talks with India.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended an offer to Indian Prime Minister Nerendra Modi for talks to de-escalate rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.In a televised address to the nation, Khan says Pakistan is “ready to cooperate” and added: “Let’s sit together to talk to find a solution.”
Police said they were still going through the wreckage and did not immediately identify the victims. Local residents earlier said they saw three bodies at the site.Meanwhile, as the tensions and confrontation escalated between India and Pakistan, authorities asked workers to paint rooftops of hospitals and clinics in red and white with medical emblem of cross in Srinagar city.
He added that China hopes “they will keep in mind the regional peace and stability, exercise restraint, take effective measures to strengthen dialogue, and maintain two sides’ fundamental interests and the regional peace and stability.”China is longstanding close ally and arms supplier to Pakistan, but has also sought better ties with its southern neighbor and Asian rival India.India’s former ambassador to the United States says that a new red line with Pakistan has been drawn.
The strikes were the deepest inside Pakistani territory since the neighboring countries last went to war over Kashmir in 1971. The latest wave of tensions erupted after a pre-dawn strike by Indian aircraft Tuesday on Pakistani territory.Pakistan’s military says it has two Indian pilots now in custody, captured after the Pakistani air force shot down their aircraft on its side of the disputed region of Kashmir.
Tensions remain high on the Asian Subcontinent where tens of thousands of Indian and Pakistani soldiers face off along the Kashmir boundary.Indian news reports say that airports in the Indian portion of Kashmir have been closed for civilian traffic shortly after an Indian air force jet crashed in the area.
It says the Pakistanis have “no intention of escalation, but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm. That is why we undertook the action with clear warning and in broad daylight.” Indian air force spokesman Anupam Banerjee in New Delhi said he has no information on Pakistan’s statement.
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