ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of further hostile operations, including drone attacks, one day after the nuclear-armed neighbors faced off in their worst military escalation in years. Early Wednesday, New Delhi launched its deepest and deadliest strikes inside Pakistan in decades, hitting targets in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and — for the first time in over half a century — in the country’s most populous province, Punjab. Islamabad claimed to have downed several Indian warplanes in response to the strikes — which India has not confirmed or denied. Both sides accused each other of limited attacks overnight. Pakistan’s military said it…
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