Live updates from India and Pakistan: India stops the Pakistani attack on Jammu, Jaisalmer, and Pathankot

Live updates from India and Pakistan: Blackouts and sirens were triggered throughout the region on Thursday after several loud explosions were heard in Jammu. In Akhnoor, Samba, Baramulla, and Kupwara, sirens were also audible. Several drones and missiles fired by Pakistan were intercepted by Indian air defense. The Pakistani military said that India had carried out a number of drone attacks in Lahore, Karachi, and other places, one day after destroying nine terror centers in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Islamabad and Lahore airports were temporarily closed "for operational reasons," according to Pakistan's civil aviation authorities, while Karachi airport remained blocked until six o'clock. Pakistan attempted to engage military targets in a number of Indian cities on May 7, including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Chandigarh, and more, according to a statement from India's Ministry of Defence.

In order to provide evidence of Pakistan's involvement, they added, debris from these attacks—which were neutralized by India's air defense systems—was being recovered. In reprisal for the Pahalgam terror incident, which claimed 26 lives on April 22, the Indian military launched precision attacks on terrorist facilities at nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir the same day. Operation Sindoor, the code name for the mission, ran from 1.04 until 1.30 in the morning.