The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, two neighbors who have been rivals for decades, erupted in the early hours of Wednesday morning when New Delhi launched missiles across the border.

Pakistan has the right to retaliate against India's "act of war," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday, after New Delhi launched strikes against alleged terrorists within Pakistan's borders.

Pakistan’s defense minister told a local news channel that Pakistan shot down five Indian aircraft in response, intensifying a confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.