Update : Pakistan says five Indian planes shot down

The downing of the jets are not “hostile acts” and Pakistan was defending its territory, the country’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday.

Asif also said in the interview that Indian soldiers had been taken prisoner. He later told Samaa TV that no Indian soldiers were captured.India’s army has launched “Operation Sindoor”, hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.Pakistan says India’s missile attacks on six locations killed at least eight people and wounded more than 35, promising a robust response to the “act of war” from its neighbour. Aljazeera reported.

The Indian army said, “Justice is served” in a post on X after the missiles were fired.Tensions have been escalating between the two nuclear-armed countries since a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which India blamed on Pakistan. Pakistan has denied any involvement.