Jet downing raises Kashmir tensions

Pakistan and India say they have shot down each other’s warplanes in an escalating confrontation that is fuelling fears of a potentially catastrophic conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals


Feb 27: Pakistan says it downed two Indian jets and captured two pilots. India confirms loss of one MiG21 fighter and says it shot down one Pakistani F-16. Islamabad denies any of its planes were hit

Feb 26, Balakot: Indian warplanes claim to hit JeM training camp, killing 300 militants in first strike on Pakistan since 1971 war

Feb 14, Pulwama: Suicide attack claimed by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant group kills more than 40 Indian troops


CHINA
INDIA
PAKISTAN


PAKISTAN
Indus
Islamabad
Gilgit
PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
Line of Control
Jammu
Srinagar
INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
INDIA
Ceded by Pakistan to China, claimed by India
Siachen Glacier
Indus
Held by China, claimed by India
CHINA
CHINA

100km 60 miles


MiG21
F-16

Sources: Reuters, AFP, BBC 
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