How nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill billions with tensions rising

Smoke billows after an artillery shell landed in the main town of Poonch district in India’s Jammu region (Picture: AFP via Getty)Strikes by India against Pakistan overnight have been condemned as a ‘blatant act of war’.Tensions between the nuclear-armed nations have spiralled since an attack by Islamist militants on Hindu tourists that killed 26 people in Indian Kashmir last month.India said it struck infrastructure used by militants linked to the massacre, while Pakistan cla