India, Pakistan Trade Blame for More Strikes as US Seeks Calm

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.

Pakistan’s army shot down several Indian drones over major cities, including Lahore, Rawalpindi and outside Karachi, a spokesman told reporters Thursday. India’s Ministry of Defence separately said in a statement it “neutralized” Pakistan’s attempt to strike a “number of military targets in Northern and Western India” using drones and missiles on Wednesday and Thursday.