Pakistan has the right to retaliate against India's "act of war," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday, after New Delhi launched strikes against alleged terrorists within Pakistan's borders. "The cunning enemy has carried out cowardly attacks on five locations in Pakistan,

Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has called pre-dawn strikes by India on Pakistani soil an "act of war" and said Islamabad reserves the right to "give a strong response".India said its strikes hit nine alleged militant hideouts,

India’s military said the strikes were made in retaliation for a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. Analysts warn the risk of escalation is rising.