Kashmir conflict

Pakistan: India is planning an attack on us

India will attack Pakistan soon, claims Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on X.

"Pakistan has credible intelligence that India is planning a military strike in the next 24 to 36 hours, using the Pahalgam incident as a false pretext," he said.

Tarar added that any aggression will be met with a "decisive response."

Tensions between the countries have risen significantly since the attack on the tourist resort of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir last Tuesday, when 26 people were killed. India accuses Pakistan of being behind it.

Indian Prime Minister Gives Military Free Rein

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the country's military free rein to respond to the deadly attack on tourists in the Indian part of Kashmir last week, a senior government source told AFP.

During a meeting with the military and security forces, he is said to have given "total operational freedom to decide how and when to respond to the terrorist attack," according to the source.

India blames Pakistan for the attack last week, and according to the Indian military, it has been involved in several exchanges of fire with Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir since then.

A number of countries, including the United States and China, are calling on the two nuclear-armed countries to de-escalate.

US urges India and Pakistan to de-escalate

The United States is urging India and Pakistan to remain calm in the escalating conflict after last week's attack on tourists in Kashmir, Reuters reports.

- We have contacted both parties and of course urge them not to escalate, says a spokesperson for the State Department.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to soon contact his counterparts in the two nuclear-armed countries.