Pakistan’s Foreign Minister His country will consider downgrading if India stops attacks, saying on Saturday that it will demand no phase-out if Pakistan agrees to do the same.
The two countries went on strike amid a conflict triggered by a massacre last month, which India attributed to Pakistan.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar warned that if India launches a strike, our response will follow”.
Dahl told Pakistan’s geographic news that he also sent his message to the US Secretary of State Marco RubioHe contacted him after top US diplomats spoke to Indian officials.
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Supporters of a religious group “Tahafuz-ee-namoos-e-risalat Mahaz” attended a rally to condemn India’s strike in Pakistan and to express their support in the Pakistani army in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP)
“Our response is because our patience has reached its limit. If they stop here, we will consider stopping,” Dahl said.
Rubio spoke with his Indian counterpart (S. Jaishankar), stressing that “both sides need to identify ways to downgrade and re-establish direct communication to avoid miscalculation,” State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce said Saturday that the secretary provided support for promoting “effective discussions.”
India said it targeted Pakistan’s air bases after Islamabad launched several missiles into the military and civilian infrastructure in India’s Punjab earlier on Saturday.
Pakistan earlier said it had intercepted most missiles and was undertaking a retaliatory strike.
Indian police officers examined a projectile suspected to be part of an Indian army intercepted in Nahlan Village, a suburb of Jalandhar, India, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP)
Indian Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said at a press conference in New Delhi that Pakistan targeted sanitation facilities and schools at three aerial bases in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
“A proper response was provided to Pakistan’s actions,” she said.
Wing commander Vyomika Singh said India would be committed to “non-propaganda” if Pakistan reciprocated. But, she said, seeing Pakistan’s ground forces move forward, “showing the offensive intentions escalate the situation further.”
“The Indian armed forces are still in high state of operational readiness,” she said.
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Kashmir villagers reviewed the damage caused by Indian shelling, which was caused by Shah Kot of Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-managed Kashmir region on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP)
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Singh said Indian troops The response to the Pakistani operation was carried out “precise strikes only on identified military targets”, which included technical infrastructure, command and control centers, radar locations and weapons storage areas to ensure “minimum collar damage”.
“All hostilities have effectively countered and responded appropriately,” Singh said.
Pakistan’s military said it used medium-range Fateh missiles to target Indian missile storage facilities and air bases in India’s Pathankot and Udhampur cities.
Pakistan Army spokesman Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif said the country’s air force assets were safe after India’s strike.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
