At least 43 deaths have been reported so far, with Islamabad saying 31 civilians were killed by the Indian strikes and firing along the border, and New Delhi adding at least 12 dead from Pakistani shelling.
India’s army said it destroyed nine “terrorist camps” in Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday, two weeks after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing an attack on tourists in the Indian-administered side of disputed Kashmir -- a charge Pakistan denies.
An Indian senior security source, who asked not to be named, said three of its fighter jets had crashed on home territory.
The South Asian neighbours have fought two full-scale wars over the divided territory since they were carved out of the sub-continent after gaining independence from British rule in 1947.
“We are moving to a safer place... we are homeless now,“ added 24-year-old Tariq Mir, who was hit in the leg by shrapnel.
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of launching the strikes to “shore up” his domestic popularity, adding that Islamabad “won’t take long to settle the score”.
On Wednesday night, the Pakistani military spokesman said firing was “ongoing” at the Line of Control and that Islamabad would take retaliatory action against the air strikes.
The largest Indian strike was on an Islamic seminary near the Punjab city of Bahawalpur, killing 13 people, according to the Pakistan military.
Four children were among those killed in Wednesday’s attacks, according to the Pakistan military.
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the operation was New Delhi’s “right to respond” following the attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Kashmir last month.
In Muzaffarabad, United Nations military observers arrived to inspect the mosque that Islamabad said was struck by India.
In Indian-administered Kashmir, residents fled in panic from the Pakistani shelling.
Calls for restraint
The two nations had traded days of threats and tit-for-tat diplomatic measures, and Pakistan conducted two missile tests.
Diplomats and world leaders have piled pressure on both countries to step back from the brink.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump called for a halt to the fighting, adding: “If I can do anything to help, I will be there.”
Rebels in Indian-administered Kashmir have waged an insurgency since 1989, seeking independence or a merger with Pakistan.
India regularly blames Pakistan for backing armed groups fighting its forces in Kashmir, a charge that Islamabad denies.
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