After a shooting incident targeting tourists in the India - controlled Kashmir region on the 22nd, both India and Pakistan have taken tough measures, leading to an escalation of the situation. On the 26th, India claimed that there was a small - scale exchange of fire with the Pakistani military in the Kashmir region.
On the 22nd, a shooting incident targeting tourists occurred in the India - controlled Kashmir region, and local security was strengthened. (Source: CCTV News)
Exchange of fire between the Indian and Pakistani armies near the Line of Control. There is no report of casualties. On April 26, the Indian military issued a statement saying that starting from the night of the 25th, the Pakistani military launched small - scale shootings at multiple posts along the Line of Control in Kashmir. The Indian army retaliated with small arms, and there is no report of casualties so far. Pakistan has not responded to this yet.
According to Xinhua News Agency, a Pakistani military official who declined to be named said that the Pakistani and Indian armies had intermittent exchanges of fire from 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. local time on the 25th, near the Line of Actual Control between the two countries in the Jhelum Valley of the Pakistan - controlled Kashmir region.
According to an Indian media report on the 25th, an Indian Army official said that the Pakistani military violated the cease - fire agreement and opened fire from multiple posts near the Line of Actual Control between the two countries in the Pakistan - controlled Kashmir region, and the Indian army retaliated.
A shooting incident occurred three days before the exchange of fire. India and Pakistan respectively took tough measures. On April 22, a shooting incident occurred in the India - controlled Kashmir region. Three armed men opened fire on tourists, resulting in 26 deaths and at least 17 injuries.
India believed that Pakistan was involved in the shooting incident and announced a series of tough measures against Pakistan on the 23rd, including suspending the implementation of the Indus Waters Treaty signed by India and Pakistan in 1960, closing border ports, expelling Pakistani personnel, etc. The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said on the 24th that it would suspend issuing all types of visas to Pakistani citizens starting from that day and advised Indian citizens not to travel to Pakistan.
The Prime Minister's Office of Pakistan issued a statement on the 24th, saying that India's announcement of a series of measures against Pakistan regarding the shooting of tourists was extremely irresponsible and lacked legal basis, and Pakistan would take a series of counter - measures against India.
The statement said that the National Security Committee of Pakistan decided to close the Wagah border port, revoke some visas issued to Indian citizens, declare the military attaché of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan as 'persona non grata', close its airspace to Air India, and suspend all trade with India.
Pakistani Defense Minister Asif refuted India's accusations in an interview with Pakistani media on the 23rd, saying that Pakistan had nothing to do with the attack and that the violent incident was a 'local incident'.
On the 25th, Asif again denied India's statement and hinted that India 'planned' the shooting incident through a 'false flag' operation.
Asif warned that the shooting incident in the India - controlled Kashmir region could lead to a 'full - scale war' between the two countries. 'The world should be 'concerned' about the possible full - scale conflict between the two 'nuclear - armed' countries of Pakistan and India.' But Asif also said that he hoped the dispute could be resolved through negotiation.
The United Nations called on both sides to exercise maximum restraint. On the 24th local time, the United Nations called on both India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint and avoid further deterioration of the situation.
Stefano Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary - General, said on the 24th, 'We strongly call on the governments of Pakistan and India to exercise maximum restraint to ensure that the situation and the developments we have seen do not deteriorate further.' He said that all issues should be resolved peacefully through meaningful engagement.