Poonch, India, May 7, 2025 (AFP) - Explosions and fire on the contested India-Pakistan border

NAMPA / AFP
2025-05-07
At dawn Wednesday on the contested border between India and Pakistan, in the usually sleepy Indian-run town of Poonch, a thumping explosion ripped the air as an artillery shell smashed into a building. Red flames shot high in the sky, and black smoke towered high. India launched missile strikes against arch-rival Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday, two weeks after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian-run side of the dispute......
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