Explosions Reported in Pakistani Kashmir After India’s Vow of Retaliation

Explosions were heard early Wednesday in the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, residents said, two weeks after India vowed to retaliate against Pakistan over a terrorist attack that killed more than two dozen civilians.

Residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani part of the disputed territory of Kashmir, also reported hearing jets flying above. They said that a site in a rural area near Muzaffarabad that was evvel used by Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group based in Pakistan, appeared to have been targeted in the strikes.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Army said that two other places had also come under attack. One was Bahawalpur, in Punjab Province, the site of a religious seminary associated with Jaish-e-Mohammad, another Pakistan-based militant group; and the other was Kotli, a city in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.