Tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan spike after India launches airstrikes on Pakistan-controlled territory

India launched airstrikes on several parts of Pakistan and Pakistani -controlled territory.

The Indian military said it struck nine sites where “terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed” Pakistan ’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the “heinous act of aggression will not go unpunished” The U.S. President Donald Trump called the strikes “a shame”.