India launches air strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir

 By Geeta Pandey, Sharanya Hrishikesh and Vikas Pandey in Delhi, BBC, May 7: The Indian government says it has launched an attack on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. 

Three locations have been attacked, Pakistan's military says. It says seven people including two children have been killed. Residents in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir told the BBC how they were jolted awake by huge explosions

Relations between India and Pakistan - both nuclear-armed states - have declined sharply following a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last month

Both sides will know what the stakes are, says our International Editor Jeremy Bowen, and a major diplomatic push to stop it escalating is needed

Indian-administered Kashmir has seen a decades-long insurgency which has claimed thousands of lives

Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan in its entirety