Pakistan calls India's strikes an 'act of war' and claims it shot down Indian fighter jets

Pakistan is calling airstrikes launched by India an "act of war" Wednesday, with its military claiming it shot down five Indian fighter jets in retaliation. 

The strikes targeted at least nine sites "where terrorist attacks against India have been planned," India’s Defense Ministry said. Pakistan's military said the missiles hit six locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country’s eastern Punjab province, killing at least 26 people, including women and children. 

"Pakistan has every right to give a robust response to this act of war imposed by India, and a strong response is indeed being given," Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared. 

Tensions have soared between the nuclear-armed neighbors since an April attack in which gu...