India shoots downs 2 Pakistan fighter jets: Report

New Delhi: In a major early morning development, India shot down at least two fighter jets on Saturday, sources said. The Pakistani fighter jets were shot down during an intense dogfight in the Kashmir Valley around the Srinagar–Budgam–Baramulla region. Search parties of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, in collaboration with the Indian Army and CRPF personnel, are trying to locate the pilots.

As per sources, the crashed parts of the fighter jets were recovered from Lasjan bypass in Srinagar.

Meanwhile, Pakistan on Saturday claimed that its three airbases were targeted by Indian suicide drones and missiles. The Pakistan military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, in a press briefing in Islamabad at around 4 am, said that airbases named: Nur Khan in Rawalpindi’s Chaklala, Murid in Chakwal, and Rafiqui in Jhang district’s Shorkot, of the Pakistan Air Force, were targeted. However, he refrained from providing more details in order to back his claims.

This claim by Pakistan has come amid the escalating tensions between the two countries following ‘Operation Sindoor’, a retaliation operation by New Delhi for a terror attack on April 22 that claimed 26 lives in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

Nur Khan Air Base in Rawalpindi, where the Pakistan military has its headquarters, is around 10 km from the capital Islamabad.

Notably, Nur Khan Air Base is located in Rawalpindi, 10 km away from Islamabad. It is the airbase where Pak military has its headquarters.

The ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan escalated on Friday night when India launched retaliatory airstrikes on Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and three Pakistani air bases, according to Indian defence sources. Multiple explosions were reported across these Pakistani cities.

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