What We Know About the India–Pakistan Conflict

Pakistan said on Thursday it had shot down 12 Indian drones overnight, as the conflict over Kashmir threatens to spiral out of control.

Col. Sofiya Qureshi of the Indian army addresses a press conference, following air strikes against alleged terrorist targets—in New Delhi, India, on May 7, 2025. Manish Swarup/AP

Twelve Indian drones were shot down overnight after being intercepted by air defense systems, Pakistani army spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif said on May 8.

He said that one drone wounded four soldiers and damaged a military target near the city of Lahore and that a civilian was killed when debris from a drone fell in a populated area of Sindh Province in southern Pakistan.