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The Indian military has struck several targets in Pakistan and parts of the disputed Kashmir region.

As Villa Marx reports, the Indian Armed Forces called their strikes on nine sites of retaliation for last month's attack,

in which dozens of Indians were killed in Kashmir.

The Indian military said its operation focused on locations used to plan and direct what it called terrorist attacks against India.

But its strikes had not targeted Pakistani military facilities and were,

quote, focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. The two nuclear round neighbours have long

contested control of the Kashmir region, trading fire over territory that's been disputed since

India's post-colonial partition in 1947. India perceived an attack last month by gunmen on a tourist-friendly destination in Kashmir

to be at the direction of Pakistani authorities and is calling these latest missile strikes

justice. Pakistani forces have fired back, the Prime Minister saying, quote, a forceful response

is being given. For NPR News, I'm Villan Marks. President Donald Trump, a new Canadian Prime Minister,

Mark Carney, held a mostly conciliatory meeting at the White House today. A pair showed some signs

of backing off from their differences brought on by Trump's ongoing global trade war.

However, Trump again brought up the contentious topic of making Canada the 51st U.S. state

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