Safety personnel patrol a road the morning after militants indiscriminately opened fireplace on vacationers close to Pahalgam in Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 23.
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MUMBAI, India — The day after a lethal assault on vacationers killed 26 people within the mountain city of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, India introduced it was closing a border with Pakistan, downgrading its diplomatic ties and suspending a vital water treaty.
The Indus Waters Treaty lays out how India and Pakistan use water from six rivers that movement by means of each international locations. It was negotiated by the World Financial institution in 1960 and affects lots of of thousands and thousands of individuals on both facet of the border.
