Indian aircraft downed as tensions rise with Pakistan

Jonathan Miller-27 Feb 2019Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Air strikes across a disputed border, fighter jets downed, a pilot captured, airspace closed – and this between two major nuclear powers.

Leaders around the world are urging India and Pakistan to show restraint as tension over Kashmir escalate still further.

The skirmishes took place across the Kashmiri line of control, a territory which both countries claim in full, but control only in part, and a territory they’ve fought at least two wars over in the past.