Weeks of tension erupted early yesterday morning when India fired missiles into Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, escalating the likelihood of a full-blown military confrontation between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours.

India utilised a suite of high-precision, long-range strike weapons in the operation. Among these were the SCALP and the HAMMER.

Several Asian airlines including Taiwan’s China Airlines and Korean Air said yesterday they were re-routing or cancelling flights to and from Europe, and about a dozen Indian airports were shut after fighting erupted between India and Pakistan.

PM Shehbaz has vowed that “every drop of blood” spilt by those slain in last night’s air strikes by India would be avenged

Buildings shook and glass shattered as the two vast armies duelled

Say residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir

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"India also targeted Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project"

Here is a chronology of major military and diplomatic escalations in their troubled relationship since 1999

Islamabad has said six Pakistani locations were targeted, and a total of 24 impacts felt from different weapons.

Three fighter jets crashed in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Wednesday, four local government sources told Reuters, hours after India said it struck nine Pakistani "terrorist infrastructure" sites across the border

Several Asian airlines said on Wednesday they were re-routing or cancelling flights to and from Europe because of fighting between India and Pakistan

Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval briefed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shortly after New Delhi's strikes on Pakistan, the Indian embassy in Washington said Tuesday.

The junta initially announced a ceasefire in early April, days after the March 28 earthquake

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with his counterparts from India and Pakistan

'In total in at six locations there were 24 impacts in Pakistan'

India today said it carried out "precision strikes at terrorist camps" inside Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region

Here is a look at the tit-for-tat measures the two countries have announced in the aftermath of the violence

26 killed in Pakistan, 12 in India: reports

Here is a look at some of the key clashes