Pakistan accuses India of targeting three military bases with missiles as tensions escalate

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Pakistan has threatened further retaliation after accusing India of targeting three of its military bases with missiles fired from fighter jets, in a major escalation of the brewing conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. “India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base have been targeted,” Pakistan military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a live broadcast aired by state television early on Saturday. Chaudhry said India had fired six ballistic missiles from over the border in Punjab. He said most were intercepted by Pakistani air defences. “Now you just wait for...