Blasts rock Indian Kashmir, Amritsar as Pakistan conflict escalates [Video]

Blasts rang out across Indian Kashmir and the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state late on Friday, with the Indian military saying it was shooting down drones in the worst fighting with Pakistan in nearly three decades.

The explosions in Amritsar — the first heard in the three-day-old conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours — could mark a further expansion in the hostilities that have alarmed world powers.

Projectiles and flashes were seen in the night sky above the Indian Kashmir city of Jammu that was plunged into a blackout in the second night of blasts in the region’s winter capital, officials and a Reuters journalist said.

“Drones have been sighted … They are being engaged,” said an Indian military official who asked not to be named.

The Indian army said in a statement late on Friday that drones were sighted in 26 locations across a wide area …