India closes important border crossing with Pakistan after Kashmir assault

[ad_1] India has introduced measures concentrating on Pakistan, a day after 26 individuals have been killed by gunmen in an assault in Indian-administered Kashmir.

They embrace the closure of the primary border crossing linking the 2 international locations, the suspension of a water-sharing treaty and the expulsion of diplomats.

India has additionally cancelled some visas held by Pakistanis and ordered holders to depart inside two days, whereas demanding Pakistan renounces "help for cross-border terrorism" - one thing Islamabad denies.

Tuesday's killing of tourists gathered at a Himalayan beauty spot in Pahalgam was one of many deadliest incidents in Indian-administered Kashmir lately.

There was a long-running insurgency within the Muslim-majority area for a number of a long time.

The Indian authorities has responded furiously to the assault and has signalled it holds Pakistan not directly accountable.

Indian safety companies consider a bunch referred to as the Kashmir Resistance was behind the assault, although BBC Information has not independently verified that.

A manhunt for the gunmen accountable was persevering with on Wednesday night.

Pakistan's authorities stated its Nationwide Safety Council - the nation's highest navy and safety physique - would meet on Thursday.

Within the aftermath of the Pahalgam assault, the Pakistani overseas ministry stated it was "involved on the lack of vacationers' lives" and expressed condolences.

India has lengthy accused successive governments in Islamabad of supporting armed teams within the area, which Pakistan strongly denies.

Below the measures introduced by India on Wednesday, Pakistani navy advisers primarily based on the Delhi embassy have been advised to depart instantly, and extra diplomatic expulsions are deliberate for subsequent week, an announcement stated.

The Pahalgam assault dangers reigniting long-running tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.

In an announcement, the Indian authorities stated "the perpetrators of the assault shall be dropped at justice and their sponsors held to account".

It stated India could be "unrelenting within the pursuit of those that have dedicated acts of terror, or conspired to make them attainable".

Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh additionally signalled India's response would transcend concentrating on the perpetrators.

He stated: "We won't solely attain those that have perpetrated this incident but additionally those that, sitting behind the scenes, have conspired to commit such acts on the soil of India."