Multiple loud explosions heard in Pakistani Kashmir - Reuters witness

Multiple loud explosions and intensive shelling rounds were heard in the Pakistani Kashmir area close to the mountains around the city of Muzaffarabad after midnight on Wednesday, multiple Reuters witnesses said.

After the explosions, the city's power was blacked out, the witnesses said. It was not immediately clear what the explosions were.

The Indian government said that nine sites targeted as part of "Operation Sindoor", an operation that the country's military is claiming targeted terrorist infrastructure.