Pakistan’s military listed two dozen Indian military installations and bases that it said its forces had targeted. While Indian officials have acknowledged “limited damage” at four air bases, they have offered few details.

Hundreds of villagers evacuated their homes as India and Pakistan targeted each other's military installations with missiles and drones. Many returned to find their homes destroyed or roofless.

Pakistan returned a captured border guard to India on Wednesday, in a fresh sign of detente after a ceasefire ended four days of conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals.

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

Randhir Jaiswal said Pakistan is only “fooling itself” if it thinks it can escape the consequences of nurturing “terrorism on an industrial scale”

Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday that India has a long-standing national position that any issues pertaining to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally.