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The mutual accusations came after an Indian missile strike on Pakistan early Wednesday morning that killed 31 people, signaling a sharp escalation in tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations.

Pakistan’s military spokesperson, General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said at a press conference that India had “apparently lost control” and accused it of “another blatant act of military aggression” by sending more than a dozen drones over major cities including Rawalpindi, where the army headquarters is located.

He said Pakistan’s air defense systems had shot down more than a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles and that four Pakistani soldiers were injured in a confrontation involving another Indian aerial device. He added that one civilian was killed in a drone-related incident in the Miano area of Sindh near the Indian border, but gave no further details.

Meanwhile, India claimed Pakistan attempted to launch drones and missiles at several military targets in its north and west, including major cities such as Amritsar, Srinagar, and Chandigarh. It said all attacks were intercepted by air defense systems.

The Indian defense ministry said it had “neutralized” a Pakistani air defense system over the city of Lahore and warned that “any attack on military targets within India will invite an appropriate response.”