India refuses to share proof of strikes in Pakistan amid doubts of militant deaths.
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan/SRINAGAR, India - A top Indian minister said on Saturday the government would not share proof that"a very large number" of militants were killed in air strikes inside Pakistan this week, after doubts were raised there were any casualties in the attack that stoked tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Hostilities escalated rapidly following a suicide car bombing on Feb. 14 that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of harbouring the Jaish-e Mohammad Islamist group that claimed the bombing. "It's a very irresponsible stand," Jaitley said at a conference organised by the India Today media group.
Jaitley dismissed suggestions that the rapid escalation in tensions with Pakistan had anything to do with India's domestic politics ahead of a general election due by May. Pollsters expect the ruling party to benefit from the nationalistic passion sweeping the country.Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who became the face and symbol of the biggest clash between India and Pakistan in many years, walked across the border just before 9 p.m.
Pakistan touted Abhinandan's return as"as a goodwill gesture aimed at de-escalating rising tensions with India" after weeks of unease that threatened to spiral into war.
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