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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Riazat Butt

India and Pakistan: Which countries have nuclear weapons?

India’s missile launch into Pakistani territory, and Pakistan’s promise to hit back, has stoked fears of a war between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

The attack claimed to be retaliation for the gun massacre on tourists in April in Pahalgam, Kashmir, but Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the pre-dawn strikes an "act of war" and vowed his country would deliver a robust response.

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