India closes main border crossing with Pakistan after Kashmir attack

India announced measures targeting Pakistan, a day after 26 people were killed by militants in an attack in Kashmir by the Indian.

It includes the closure of the main border crossing linking the two countries, the suspension of the water participation treaty and the expelling of diplomats.

India also canceled some visas that the Pakistanis maintain and ordered its owners to leave within two days, while Pakistan abandoned “supporting terrorism across the border” – which Islamabad denies.

Tuesday Tourists gather in a beauty place in the Himalayas in Paalgam It was one of the bloodiest accidents in Kashmir, the Indian director in recent years.

There was a long -term rebellion in the Islamic majority region for several decades.

The Indian government fiercely responded to the attack and indicated that it was indirectly responsible for Pakistan.

Indian security agencies believe that a group called Kashmir Resistance was behind the attack, although the BBC News was not independently achieved.

It continued to chase the officials responsible on Wednesday evening.

The government of Pakistan said that the National Security Council – the highest military and security body in the country – will meet on Thursday.

In the wake of the Paalgam attack, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said it “was concerned about losing the life of tourists” and expressed its condolences.

India has long accused consecutive governments in Islamabad of supporting armed groups in the region, which Pakistan strongly denies.

According to the measures announced by India on Wednesday, Pakistani military advisers were informed of the Delhi embassy to leave immediately, and more diplomatic expulsion operations will be planned next week, a statement said.

Paalgam’s attack risk rehabilitating long -term tensions between nuclear armed competitors.

In a statement, the Indian government said: “The perpetrators of the attack will be brought to justice and their sponsors will be calculated.”

She said that India will be “unparalleled in the pursuit of those who committed terrorism, or conspired to make it possible.”

Earlier, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh also indicated that the response of India would go beyond targeting the perpetrators.

He said: “We will not only reach those who committed this incident, but also those who sit behind the scenes, conspired to commit such actions on the soil of India.”

The attack was widely condemned by international leaders and anger and mourning in India.

Eyewitnesses described the chaotic and bloody scenes as the vacationers, including the entire families for their lives.

Some witnesses said that it seems that the militants had targeted non -Muslims, but others described the shooting as random.

Most of the victims were Hindu men, although a local Muslim man was among the victims.

The government of India has not given an official account on whether people were targeting on the basis of religion.