Jammu, May 10 -- Warning Pakistan that continued escalation from across the border would only hurt them, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called Thursday's aerial strikes on Jammu one of the "most serious assaults" on the city since the 1971 war.

He said that Pakistan should focus on de-escalation amid the ongoing military conflict in the wake of Operation Sindoor.

The chief minister lauded the armed forces for their swift response in neutralising aerial threats and ensuring that not a single drone reached its intended target.

"The way civilians have been targeted, and the kind of attacks carried out in Jammu city-I don't think Jammu has been targeted like this since the 1971 war," Abdullah told reporters in Vijaypur duri...