India-Pakistan Conflict Intensifies Into Most Expansive in Decades

by UB Center for Urban Studies · 05/09/2025

Gunfire and shelling battered the disputed borderlands of India and Pakistan on Friday, as the two nuclear-armed countries launched volleys in their most expansive military conflict in decades, with widespread accounts of attacks in both countries.

The exchanges of fire stopped early Friday, and both the Indian and Pakistani authorities said that civilians were among those injured and killed. But there was also a swirl of disinformation and the governments made contradictory statements, making it difficult to verify the nature, location and toll of the attacks.

The conflict has escalated rapidly since Indian airstrikes hit targets in Pakistan and the Pakistani-controlled side of Kashmir on Wednesday, despite diplomatic efforts to ease tensions. There were reports of nonstop barrages along the border overnight into Friday, as well as reports of attacks by Pakistan into the Indian city of Jammu, a part of the disputed Kashmir territory.

On Friday, the Indian Army said that Pakistani armed forces had launched attacks using drones and other weapons along India’s entire western border. The army said on social media that the drone attacks had been intercepted. Pakistan has rejected those claims.

Anupreeta Das May 9, 2025

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