India-Pakistan drone war heats up

aljazeera.comPublished: 5/8/2025

Summary

The tense drone war between India and Pakistan has reached new heights, with reports of 25 Indian drones being destroyed in cities like Karachi and Lahore after Pakistan's military claimed they had been targeted there. In a statement, India revealed that its own soil was also under attack by Pakistani drones and missiles, which were intercepted over the weekend. Both nations' escalating exchange of fire is raising fears of a potential new escalation in their decades-long nuclear standoff.