2025 India–Pakistan conflict
2025 India–Pakistan conflict; The 2025 India–Pakistan War was a short-lived armed confrontation between India and Pakistan, starting on 7 May 2025, following India's missile strikes on Pakistan, in a military operation code-named Operation Sindoor. India announced that the operation was a response to the 22 April 2025 Pahalgam terrorist attack on Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 civilians were killed. India blamed cross-border terrorism being supported by Pakistan, which Pakistan refuted. On 7 May, India initiated Operation Sindoor with missile attacks on the terrorism-related infrastructure facilities of Pakistan-based militant groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, and asserted that no Pakistani military or civilian installations were hit. According to Pakistan, the Indian attacks targeted civilian localities, including mosques. There were border clashes and drone attacks between the two countries after these strikes. Pakistan's military struck back on 7 May, by droppi...