Pakistan Launches Another Wave of Attacks on India

The Indian armed forces’ air defence systems stopped a large wave of drone and missile attacks across North India from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Punjab and the Jaisalmer region of Rajasthan on the late Thursday and early Friday morning. Using the cover of these attacks, Pakistan tried to undertake a major infiltration of terrorists in Samba district in J&K. This attempt was foiled by the BSF.

A ministry of defence spokesperson confirmed that military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur were targeted by Pakistani drones and missiles. “These threats were swiftly neutralised using kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities in line with established Standard Operating Procedures. No casualties or material losses were reported,” the spokesperson said.

Punjab and J&K remained under a blackout to prevent damage by Pakistani projectiles.

Even as these attacks were taking place India kept its partners informed about the situation even as it emphasised that it would respond to Pakistani escalation.

The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. In a post on X, Jaishankar said “deeply appreciate US commitment to work with India in the fight against terrorism.” He further added, “Underlined India’s targeted and measured response to cross-border terrorism. Will firmly counter any attempt at escalation.” The statement was made at the time when India was being subjected to an intense barrage of projectile attacks—drones, missiles and artillery—from Pakistan. The State Department readout added that Rubio “emphasised the need for immediate de-escalation. He expressed US Support for direct dialogue between India and Pakistan and encouraged continued efforts to improve communications.”

But hours after Rubio and Jaishankar spoke with each other, US Vice President J D Vance made televised remarks in which he said that, “What we can do is try to encourage these folks to deescalate a little bit, but we’re not going to get involved in the middle of war that’s fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it.”

He added, “You know, America can’t tell the Indians to lay down their arms. We can’t tell the Pakistanis to lay down their arms. And so, we’re going to continue to pursue this thing through diplomatic channels. Our hope and our expectation is that this is not going to spiral into a broader regional war or, God forbid, a nuclear conflict. Right now, we don’t think that’s going to happen.”

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