India-Pakistan tensions rise following Kashmir attack that killed 26 tourists

Tensions between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have escalated following Tuesday’s terrorist attack in the northern disputed Kashmir region, in which 26 tourists were killed and 17 others injured. Both countries’ armies were on high alert along their common frontier, following the attack by six gunmen in the mountainous Pahalgam region. India said it holds the Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate responsible for the attack but has not produced any evidence to back its claim. Pakistan officially denied any involvement in the attack, and its ministry of foreign affairs expressed condolences for the victims.India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) , chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, said the bilateral Indus Waters Treaty, the river water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank in 1960, would be suspended. It also said the only land border crossing between the countries would be immediately closed. READ MOREAustralia’s China ties in focu...