Pakistan has downplayed alleged Indian violations of its airspace, suggesting Sunday that the breaches were «inadvertent» and «technical» in an apparent bid to avoid worsening tensions already spiked by the Mumbai attacks, according to AP. Pakistani officials said Indian aircraft entered one to three miles (two to four kilometers) inside Pakistan's section of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and over the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday. Pakistani jets chased the Indian aircraft back over the border, authorities here said. Both sides are usually careful to avoid such territorial violations, and it was unclear how two separate but apparently accidental incursions could occur on the same day. In any case, India denied its aircraft had crossed into Pakistani airspace. «There has not been any airspace violation by the Indian air force as has been alleged,» Indian air force spokesman Mahesh Upasani said Sunday.
