NEW DELHI – The Indian government said an Indian pilot was in Pakistancustody after a fighter jet was shot down in an encounter with PakistaniAir Force this morning.
It said it expected the pilot’s immediate and safe return.
This came after Pakistan claimed “strikes across Line of Control fromwithin Pakistani airspace”, in the worst escalation of hostilities betweenthe countries in decades following India’s air strike to target Balakot onTuesday.Promoted: In Stores
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The Geneva Conventions were signed by world leaders in 1949 following thehorrors of the second world war. Ratified by 196 countries, it is the mostwidely-supported international treaty of its kind.
The Geneva Conventions extensively defined the basic rights of wartimeprisoner, including civilians and military personnel, establishedprotections for the wounded and sick, and established measures to safeguardcivilians in and around a war-zone.
