Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned that India will “pay the price” for carrying out airstrikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The country’s National Security Committee has authorized a military response, describing India’s actions as having “ignited an inferno in the region.”<br /><br />India stated that it targeted nine locations in its airstrikes, claiming the strikes were a retaliation for a militant attack on Indian tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month, which resulted in at least 26 deaths.<br /><br />Pakistan reported that 31 people were killed in the Indian airstrikes, while India reported that Pakistani shelling in response to the strikes had killed at least 15 civilians.<br /><br />Christian Fraser presents BBC News at Ten, with reporting by Samira Hussain and James Landale.
