India, Pakistan launch multiple attacks as US warns against 'miscalculation'

Pakistan launched counterattacks against India Saturday after three of its air bases were struck overnight, and as the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors spiraled towards a full-blown war that sparked calls against “miscalculation”.

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Indian Wing Commander Vyomika Singh told a briefing Saturday there were “several high-speed missile attacks” on air bases, but “limited damage” to equipment.

Pakistan earlier accused India of targeting three of its bases with missiles -- including one in Rawalpindi, some 10 kilometers (six miles) from the capital, Islamabad.

Authorities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir said 11 civilians were killed by Indian shelling overnight.

In a live broadcast aired by state television in the middle of the night, Pakistan’s military spokesman Ahmed Sharif warned: “Now you just wait for our response.”

Later Saturday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told senior officials “we have given India a befitting response and avenged the blood of our innocent citizens”, his office said in a statement.