Amid rising tensions with India, Pakistan’s defense minister declared his country’s innocence in a terror attack that killed 26 people this week in Kashmir territory.
The clash took place just days after a terror attack killed 26 people on the Indian side of the disputed region, raising tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations.
After a militant attack in Kashmir, the Indian government said it was suspending its participation in a treaty that governs most of the water used in Pakistani agriculture.
The Pakistani government said that if India followed through on a threat to block rivers it would take it as “an act of war.”
The attack took place in a picturesque valley popular with Indian travelers. It was the worst assault on civilians in the Indian-administered territory in years, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said.
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El martes, milicianos mataron al menos a 26 turistas e hirieron a muchos otros en Cachemira. En el pasado, India ha culpado a Pakistán de ataques similares.
Victims and eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos and horror when militants killed 26 people in Kashmir as families, couples and friends took in a picturesque valley.
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A terrorist attack in the disputed territory in 2019 brought India and Pakistan to the verge of war. There are fears Tuesday’s violence could do the same.
India announced a series of retaliatory actions, and hinted at the possibility of more, in response to what it called Pakistan’s support of terrorism on Indian soil.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India called the shooting, the worst against civilians in the region for years, a “terror attack” and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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