Pakistan's military said it used medium-range missiles to strike more than 25 military sites before India delivered what it called a "measured" response, as part of the latest escalation in a conflict between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

The neighbors have been in conflict over the disputed border region since their independence and partition in 1947.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would consider de-escalation if India stopped further attacks. This came after India said it was committed to non-escalation if Pakistan reciprocated.

Pakistan has confirmed Lashkar-e-Taiba links to past violence in India but says that the group was outlawed and disbanded long ago. The group’s founder, Hafiz Saeed, is free despite brief periods of detention, and Indian officials say that the group continues its activities through cover organization and offshoots, such as the Resistance Front.

India and Pakistan’s latest military conflict has expanded, days after India carried out airstrikes in Pakistan that followed an attack by gunmen on tourists in India-controlled Kashmir last month