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India and Pakistan said they shot down each other’s drones and missiles over densely populated cities in a second day of military hostilities, while the US continued to seek to ease the flare-up between nuclear-armed neighbors triggered by last month’s deadly militant attack in the disputed region of Kashmir.

India’s missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have spiked tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, with Pakistan’s leader calling the attacks an act of war.

The two nuclear powers accused each other of drone attacks on military targets as tensions between these neighboring nations rise.

By Aftab Ahmed, Adnan Abidi and Saeed Shah JAMMU, India/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Blasts rang out across the Indian city of Jammu late on Thursday during what the government said was a Pakistani drone and missile attack on military stations around the Kashmir region on the second day of clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours.