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India Reopens Western Border Airports Closed Amid Tensions With Pakistan
India Reopens Western Border Airports Closed Amid Tensions With Pakistan
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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - India has reopened airports on its western and northern borders that were shut down at the height of tensions with Pakistan, the Airports... 12.05.2025, Sputnik India
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"Attention Flyers; reference notice issued for temporary closure of 32 Airports for civil Aircraft operations till 05:29 hrs of 15 May 2025. It is informed that these Airports are now available for civil Aircraft operations with immediate effect," the AAI said in a statement.On May 9, Indian authorities said that civil flight operations at 32 Indian airports would be temporarily suspended until 05:29 India time on May 15 (23:59 GMT, May 14).On the night of May 7, the Indian Defense Ministry said that in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, it had carried out Operation Sindoor, striking "terrorist infrastructure" on Pakistani territory. The ministry said that no Pakistani military installations had been targeted in the operation. Pakistani authorities, in turn, said that India had attacked five settlements in Pakistan, killing at least 31 people and injuring 57. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said that Islamabad reserved the right to an adequate response.India and Pakistan agreed on the afternoon of May 10 to cease all shelling and military action on land, in the air and at sea from 17:00 local time, but in the evening of the same day, the head of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah reported the sounds of explosions and the work of Indian air defense near the city of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a terrorist attack near the city of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. As a result of the terrorist attack, 25 Indians and one Nepalese citizen were killed. India said that it had evidence of the involvement of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in the attack. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected India's accusations that Islamabad is linked to the terrorist attack in Kashmir.
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India Reopens Western Border Airports Closed Amid Tensions With Pakistan
12:58 12.05.2025 (Updated: 13:56 12.05.2025) NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - India has reopened airports on its western and northern borders that were shut down at the height of tensions with Pakistan, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said on Monday.
"Attention Flyers; reference notice issued for temporary closure of 32 Airports for civil Aircraft operations till 05:29 hrs of 15 May 2025. It is informed that these Airports are now available for civil Aircraft operations with immediate effect," the AAI said in a statement.
On May 9, Indian authorities said that civil flight operations at 32 Indian airports would be temporarily suspended until 05:29 India time on May 15 (23:59 GMT, May 14).
On the night of May 7, the Indian Defense Ministry said that in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, it had carried out Operation Sindoor, striking "terrorist infrastructure" on Pakistani territory. The ministry said that no Pakistani military installations had been targeted in the operation. Pakistani authorities, in turn, said that India had attacked five settlements in Pakistan, killing at least 31 people and injuring 57. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said that Islamabad reserved the right to an adequate response.
India and Pakistan agreed on the afternoon of May 10 to cease all shelling and military action on land, in the air and at sea from 17:00 local time, but in the evening of the same day, the head of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah reported the sounds of explosions and the work of Indian air defense near the city of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a terrorist attack near the city of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. As a result of the terrorist attack, 25 Indians and one Nepalese citizen were killed. India said that it had evidence of the involvement of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in the attack. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected India's accusations that Islamabad is linked to the terrorist attack in Kashmir.
