The Latest: Schools close in Pakistan-held Kashmir - News Summed Up

The Latest: Schools close in Pakistan-held Kashmir


next Image 1 of 2prev Image 2 of 2The Latest on escalating India-Pakistan tensions (all times local):11:15 a.m. Authorities in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have closed all schools and educational institutions in the region and are urging parents to keep their children at home amid mounting tension with neighboring India. Government buildings in Muzafarabad, the capital of the Pakistan-controlled section of Kashmir, are being used to provide shelter to those who fled from border towns. This comes a day after Pakistan's military said it shot down two Indian warplanes in Kashmir and captured a pilot, answering an airstrike the previous day by Indian fighter jets inside Pakistan. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan offered peace talks and India's external affairs minister promised restraint.


Source: Fox News February 28, 2019 06:22 UTC



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