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India and Pakistan on Tuesday - Wednesday exchanged air strikes. It is reported by Reuters.

As noted, the raids occurred for the first time since the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. In addition, this is the first incident in history, when two nuclear powers enter the armed confrontation in the air.

Relations between neighboring states remain tense since 1947, when they have gained independence from the UK. One of the controversial issues is the belonging to the Mountain Himalayan region Kashmir. Now it is divided between India and Pakistan, but each of the countries claims to the entire territory of the region.

India and Pakistan three times entered the war with each other. In 2002, it was possible to prevent the fourth war; She was brewing after the Pakistani militant attacked the Parliament of India.

The reason for the current exacerbation of the relationship was the attack of a suicide bomb, exploding on February 14 in a car in the Indian part of Kashmir. At least 40 police officers were killed. Responsibility for the terrorist attack was taken by the Jaysh-e Mohammad group (Urdu "Army of Muhammad").

On the 26th, India raided the territory of Pakistan. The purpose of the air strikes was the Jaysh-e Mohammad camp. In Delhi, it was argued that during the bombardment many group fighters died.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani authorities said that India bombed an object that was not related to the Jaysh-e Mohammad, but there were no victims of raid.

On Wednesday, said the press secretary of the Army of Pakistan, Major General Asif Gafur, Islamabad struck six air strikes on the Indian part of Kashmir, after which Indian planes again invaded the airspace of the neighbors. Two of these aircraft were shot down; One fell from the Indian side of the border, the second from the Pakistani. The Pakistanis captured both pilots from the second plane.

“This is not a revenge in its own meaning of the word, but a demonstration of Pakistan’s ability to reproach,” Gafur explained the meaning of the response airstrikes. “We can do this, but we do responsibly. We do not want the escalation of the conflict, we do not want war.”

In turn, the Pakistan Foreign Ministry stated that although non -person objects were subjected to raids in the Indian part of Kashmir, human victims and serious damage to the air strikes of Islamabada.

Delhi claim that three Pakistani aircraft invaded the airspace of India, but they were intercepted and forced to go back.

The main airport of the Indian Kashmir in Srinagar, as well as three other airports in neighboring states, are closed. Pakistan closed its airspace, abolishing, including domestic flights.

The Indian police also reported that in the controlled part of Kashmir, a plane crashed with two pilots and a civil passenger on board; All three died. However, Reuters found out that the Mi-17 military helicopter actually got into the disaster. The reasons for the crash remain unknown.

In addition, in more than 10 sections of the Indo-Pakistani border, skirmishes between the ground forces of the two countries occurred. According to the Ministry of Defense of India, in the evening on Tuesday Pakistan fired from heavy artillery up to 15 points on the border in Kashmir. After that, they noted in Delhi, fire was opened. It is alleged that the enemy suffered losses in manpower, and five Pakistani border guns received serious damage.

Meanwhile, they added in Delhi, the result of Pakistani shelling was only minor injuries of the five Indian military.

There are no victims among civilians from the Indian side of the border, said Rahul Yadav, deputy commissar of the Kashmir district Punch.

For their part, Pakistani officials say that four were killed from Indian strikes, and seven more people were injured, including civilians. Thousands of inhabitants are evacuated; Schools in the border terrain are closed.

Meanwhile, the Indian police continues the raids on the Jaysh-E Mohammad militants in its part of Kashmir. On Wednesday, the department said, two members of the group were killed in a shootout.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held negotiations separately with the chapters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India and Pakistan. He called on both interlocutors at all costs to refrain from the escalation of the conflict and emphasized the need to start direct negotiations between the two countries.

In a similar way, the European Union and China reacted to the situation.