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Pakistan scrambles jets over 'IAF airspace violation'

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Image captionNuclear neighbours India and Pakistan have a history of conflict and diplomatic tensions (file picture)

Pakistan's military has accused India's air force of violating its airspace, and says it scrambled jets in response.

Military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted: "Indian Air Force violated Line of Control. Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircrafts gone back. Details to follow."

Indian aircraft "released [a] payload in haste... near Balakot", he added.

There has been no official statement from India.

However, Indian air force sources confirmed to the BBC that strikes had been conducted.

Maj Gen Ghafoor tweeted that the "intrusion" had come three to four miles across the Line of Control, the border which divides India-administered Kashmir from Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

"No infrastructure got hit, no casualties," he added.

The incident follows a suicide bomb attack on an Indian security convoy in Pulwama, in Indian-administered Kashmir, earlier this month.