War fears mount after Pakistan vows to hit back at India’s deadly air strikes

In the early hours of Wednesday, a deafening boom shook Safeer Awan from his sleep.

The lawyer, who lives in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, rushed to check on his children as a barrage of rockets crashed into the Bilal mosque next door. The blast shattered windows, sending shards of glass flying and injuring his 16-year-old daughter Nimrah, who was taken to hospital.

“It was terrifying,” said Awan.