India, May 7 -- India has shut down 25 international flight routes that passed through Indian airspace and entered Pakistan, two officials aware of the matter said.

"These routes were shut down at around 2.30pm," one of the officials said.

"These flight routes will remain shut until 5.30am on May 10," one official told HT.

The move follows India's targeted airstrikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday. The authorities have already closed 18 airports in northern and western India. These include Kishangarh, Srinagar, Amritsar, Patiala, Shimla, Gaggal, Bathinda, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Halwara, Pathankot, Jammu, Leh, Thoise, Ludhiana, and Bhuntar.

A second official said that the closu...