At least 38 people killed as India and Pakistan exchange fire, Chinese-built hydropower station damaged.
The Pakistani army spokesman said on Wednesday that the firing had damaged the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower station. According to Baidu Encyclopedia, the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower station in Pakistan is the largest hydropower project undertaken by China abroad and also the engineering project with the largest contract amount in the history of Pakistan.
Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated, with mutual bombardments on Wednesday resulting in at least 38 deaths, including 26 Pakistanis and 12 Indians. This is the most serious military confrontation between the two countries in 20 years.
Since gunmen shot dead 26 men in Indian Kashmir on April 22, the flames of war between these two rivals and nuclear powers, which have been divided since 1947, have continued to burn.
Colonel Singh, a spokesman for the Indian military, announced on Wednesday that India retaliated against the attack on tourists in the Indian Kashmir region on April 22 by launching missile strikes and destroying nine "terrorist camps" in Pakistan on Tuesday evening. He added that these targets were "selected to avoid any damage to civilian infrastructure or civilian casualties."
Lieutenant General Chaudhry, a spokesman for the Pakistani Army, said that Indian missiles rained down on six towns under Pakistan's control in Kashmir and Punjab, followed by exchanges of fire that caused at least 26 civilian deaths and 46 injuries.
He added that the firing also damaged the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower station.
Source: rfi
India-Pakistan conflict reignites
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