Pakistan responds as India launches attack on sites

5:30 pm on 7 May 2025

The worst fighting in more than two decades has erupted between the two nuclear-armed enemies as Pakistan vows a "crushing response" to an Indian missile strike in Kashmir.

Pakistan says 26 of its civilians have been killed with 46 wounded, while India says 10 civilians have been killed and 48 injured on their side of the border.

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RNZ has removed a video from this file as it appears to be a historic video, unrelated to this attack.

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