Three fighter jets crashed in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Wednesday, four local government sources told Reuters, hours after India said it struck nine Pakistani "terrorist infrastructure" sites across the border.

Explosions were reported at the airport of Jammu on Thursday, a key city in the Indian-held part of disputed Kashmir territory, said officials. "We can hear loud explosions, it feels like bombs are going off everywhere," said Varinder Jeet Singh, a senior member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reports AFP.

With the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty in response to the Pahalgam attack, large dams in Jammu and Kashmir give India ability to use water supplies as a leverage