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Relief in Kashmir - but BBC hears from families on both sides mourning the dead

created: May 18, 2025, 12:08 a.m. | updated: May 21, 2025, 10:56 a.m.

A few hours later, in Poonch, Indian-administered Kashmir, a different family was dodging shelling which Pakistan had launched in response to India's missile strikes. I have witnessed two wars between India and Pakistan, but never in my life have I seen shelling as intense as this." Pakistan has asked India for evidence of this, and has called for an independent inquiry into who was behind the attack. "The strikes… were not limited to Pakistani-administered Kashmir or along the Line of Control," an Indian government source told the BBC. Since a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan in 2021 there had been relative peace in the region, locals told the BBC.

3 weeks, 6 days ago: BBC News