\u2018None of our business\u2019
\nVance urged both countries to de-escalate tensions.
\n Washington
\nVice President JD Vance has said that the United States will not engage militarily in the escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, describing the conflict as \u201cfundamentally none of our business.\u201d
\nSpeaking to Fox news after a recent escalation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, Vance said that while the US is urging both sides to de-escalate, it does not have the authority or responsibility to force either country to halt military operations.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re not going to get involved in the middle of a war that has nothing to do with America\u2019s ability to control it,\u201d he said.
\nThe statement comes in the wake of Indian armed forces launching coordinated missile, air, and drone attacks during the night of May 6\u20137, targeting multiple locations in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, including Sialkot, Shakargarh, Muridke, Bahawalpur, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad.
\nAccording to the Pakistani military, the attacks resulted in the deaths of at least 31 civilians, including women and children, and injured 71 others. Civilian infrastructure, including mosques and a hydropower facility, also sustained significant damage.
\nIn response, the Pakistan Army launched a retaliatory operation, downing five Indian fighter jets and one combat drone.
\nThe military spokesperson confirmed that the aircraft included three Rafale jets, one MiG-29, one SU-series aircraft, and an Israeli-made Heron drone. These were shot down over Bhatinda, Jammu, Akhnoor, Srinagar, and Avantipur, he maintained.
\nIn the aftermath of the attacks, Pakistan\u2019s National Security Committee (NSC) authorised the country\u2019s armed forces to undertake corresponding military actions in response to what officials called \u201cunprovoked aggression\u201d and deliberate targeting of civilians.
\nThe Pakistan army also intercepted and destroyed 30 Israeli-made Herop drones, sent by India to target civilian and military installations on Thursday.
\nThe downed drones were detected over multiple cities, including Rawalpindi, Gujrat, Attock, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana, Ghotki and Karachi\u2019s Malir district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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