Pakistan’s foreign minister mentioned on Saturday that his country would be open to de-escalation if India halted its attacks, following India’s statement that it desired non-escalation if Pakistan reciprocated.
Both countries traded strikes Saturday during the conflict sparked by a massacre last month, which India attributes to Pakistan.
Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s foreign minister, warned that “our response will follow” if India launched any strikes.
Dar conveyed his message to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a conversation after the senior U.S. diplomat engaged with Indian officials.
A picture showing Kashmiri villagers inspecting the damage to a house caused by Indian shelling in Shah Kot, Neelum Valley, a region in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, was captured on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Singh said India’s forces carried out “precision strikes only at identified military targets in response to Pakistani actions,” which included technical infrastructure, command and control centers, radar locations and weapon storage areas to ensure “minimum collateral damage.”
“All hostile actions have been effectively countered and responded to appropriately,” Singh said.
The Pakistani military said it used medium-range Fateh missiles to target an Indian missile storage facility and airbases in the Indian cities of Pathankot and Udhampur.
Pakistan Army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, said the country’s air force assets were safe after India’s strikes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
