British Columbians with ties to India and Pakistan are expressing concern after India fired missiles on Pakistani-controlled areas Wednesday, stoking ongoing tensions between the two countries.

Pakistan said at least 26 people died in the missile strikes, and both countries said they suffered casualties in ensuing artillery exchanges along the Line of Control — which separates India and Pakistan in the contested Kashmir region.

Jatinder Bhan, who emigrated from Kashmir decades ago, says he is try…