India downgrades ties with Pakistan after attack on Kashmir tourists

India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan connected Wednesday, a time aft suspected militants killed 26 men astatine a tourer destination successful Kashmir successful the worst onslaught connected civilians successful the state successful astir 2 decades.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a media briefing that the cross-border linkages of the onslaught had been "brought out" astatine a peculiar gathering of the information cabinet, aft which it was decided to enactment against Pakistan.

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He said New Delhi would suspend with contiguous effect a important stream h2o pact that allows for sharing the waters of the Indus stream strategy betwixt the 2 countries.

The defence advisers successful the Pakistani precocious committee successful New Delhi were declared persona non grata and asked to leave, Misri said, adding that the wide spot of the Indian precocious committee successful Islamabad volition beryllium reduced to 30 from 55.

The main borderline crossing checkpost betwixt the 2 countries volition beryllium closed with contiguous effect and Pakistani nationals volition not beryllium allowed to question to India nether peculiar visas, Misri said.

Indian information forces unit escort an ambulance carrying the bodies of tourists who were killed successful a suspected militant onslaught adjacent Pahalgam, extracurricular the constabulary power country successful Srinagar April 23, 2025.  (REUTERS/Stringer)

At slightest 17 radical were besides injured successful the shooting that took spot connected Tuesday successful the Baisaran vale successful the Pahalgam country of the scenic, Himalayan national territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The dormant included 25 Indians and 1 Nepalese national, constabulary said.     

It was the worst onslaught connected civilians in India since the 2008 Mumbai shootings, and shattered the comparative calm successful Kashmir, wherever tourism has boomed arsenic an anti-India insurgency has waned successful caller years.

A little-known militant group, the "Kashmir Resistance," claimed work for the onslaught successful a societal media message. It expressed discontent that much than 85,000 "outsiders" had been settled successful the region, spurring a "demographic change".

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Indian information agencies accidental Kashmir Resistance, besides known arsenic The Resistance Front, is simply a beforehand for Pakistan-based militant organisations specified arsenic Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.

Pakistan denies accusations that it supports militant unit successful Kashmir and says it lone provides moral, governmental and diplomatic enactment to the insurgency there.