India and Pakistan face off over Kashmir attack. Here's where the rivals stand

NEW DELHI – India and Pakistan are scrambling resources some subject and diplomatic to respond to a situation triggered by a massacre successful Indian-controlled Kashmir that has heightened fears of a struggle betwixt the nuclear-armed rivals.

India blames Pakistan for backing the gunmen down the April 22 sidesplitting of 26 people, astir of them Indian Hindu tourists, and has described it arsenic a panic attack. Islamabad denies the charge.

Both countries person expelled each other’s diplomats and nationals, arsenic good arsenic closed their borders and shuttered airspace. India has besides suspended a captious water-sharing pact with Pakistan.

A Pakistani curate past week said his state had “credible intelligence” that an Indian onslaught was imminent. There has been nary subject enactment from India truthful far.

Here’s wherever the concern stands since the attack:

World leaders impulse de-escalation

After an archetypal question of condemnations of the onslaught connected tourists, satellite leaders are calling for some sides to debar escalation. The U.N. Security Council is expected to clasp closed consultations connected Monday to sermon the situation.

International unit has been piling connected some New Delhi and Islamabad — which fought 2 of their 3 wars implicit disputed Kashmir — to easiness tensions. Senior officials from the U.S., China, Russia and Saudi Arabia person urged some sides to workout restraint. Iran has offered to mediate.

Meanwhile, some nations person launched an assertive diplomatic run to enactment up enactment for their positions.

India has made efforts to item what it called the “cross-border link” to the onslaught by briefing diplomats of dozens of countries.

“The diplomatic outreach this clip has been rather extended and the thought for India would beryllium to showcase immoderate grounds it has to its partners and to marque a lawsuit that immoderate actions mightiness beryllium coming from its broadside has the enactment of its partners and allies," said Harsh Pant, overseas argumentation caput astatine the Observer Research Foundation deliberation vessel successful New Delhi.

Pakistan has offered to cooperate with an planetary probe into the onslaught and reached retired to dozens of overseas diplomats. Islamabad, however, said that it volition lucifer oregon transcend immoderate subject enactment by India.

Tensions connected the border, fears successful Kashmir

Indian service has said its troops person exchanged gunfire with Pakistani soldiers on the de facto border, the Line of Control, successful Kashmir, blaming the neighbour for unprovoked firing for 10 consecutive nights. Islamabad, meanwhile, has accused India of violating a ceasefire.

In Kashmir, Indian forces person launched a immense cognition to hunt the April 22 attackers. At slightest 2,000 radical person been detained and questioned. Some person been arrested nether anti-terrorism laws that let authorities to detain radical without ceremonial charges. Indian forces besides blew disconnected astatine slightest 9 household homes of suspected rebels, who person been warring for independency oregon merger with Pakistan.

The crackdown has led to fearfulness and anxiousness successful Kashmir, stirring traumatic memories of the region’s decades-long insurgency and India’s brutal response.

Praveen Donthi, elder expert with the International Crisis Group, said “Kashmiris are ever the archetypal to carnivore the brunt of immoderate governmental oregon subject tensions betwixt India and Pakistan.”

"The corporate punishment imposed connected Kashmiris and the authorities unit unleashed against them further inflames the conflict," Donthi said.

India and Pakistan are flexing subject might

On Monday, Pakistan’s subject test-fired a short-range missile, the 2nd trial motorboat since a medium-range ballistic missile connected Saturday.

India’s navy besides test-fired missiles past week.

In 2019, a skirmish betwixt the 2 countries astir spiralled retired of control, earlier U.S. involution eased tensions.

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Associated Press writers Aijaz Hussain successful Srinagar, India and Rajesh Roy successful New Delhi contributed to this report.

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