Meanwhile, fire was exchanged along the Line of Control (LoC), the 740km (460-mile) de facto border separating the Indian and Pakistani-controlled areas of Kashmir, for a fifth straight night. Pakistan said it had downed a drone, with fears of an escalation between the nuclear powers bubbling.

In the days since, tensions have risen dangerously between India and Pakistan, which have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir.

Pakistan’s military claimed to have shot down an Indian drone near the de facto Kashmir border, state radio reported Tuesday, amid heightened