Pakistan says it has killed up to 50 Indian soldiers and destroyed its neighbour’s military installations along the border in the disputed Kashmir region. “We have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers…. We have blown their [Indian] military installations on the de-facto border,” Attuallah Tarar, Pakistan’s information minister, said on Thursday morning.

The Indian army said three civilians were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It said in a statement the Pakistani army “resorted to arbitrary firing,” including gunfire and artillery shelling,

In total, Pakistan's military said 26 people were killed and 46 wounded in Indian attacks across Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. India launched the strikes early on Wednesday, saying it was targeting "terrorist camps" that served as recruitment centres,