New Delhi – A day after 26 folks have been killed and lots of others injured in an assault by suspected Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, India introduced it can put a key river water sharing settlement on maintain.
India’s Exterior Affairs Ministry stated on Wednesday night time that the Indus Water Treaty “will be held in abeyance with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.” The suspension of the 1960 World Financial institution-brokered treaty would imply India would cease the water provide of Indus River and its tributaries – the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Satluj – to Pakistan, impacting hundreds of thousands of individuals in that nation
The choices have been taken by India’s Cupboard Committee on Safety, the nation’s prime protection resolution making physique headed by the Prime Minister.
Tuesday’s assault in picturesque Pahalgam space of Indian-controlled Kashmir left 26 folks useless – 25 of them vacationers – and 17 others injured, when suspected militants opened hearth on them, in response to Indian authorities within the area. The vast majority of the victims have been Hindus.
A picture from video broadcast by India’s ANI information company exhibits safety forces close to to the scene of a lethal assault on vacationers by suspected militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 22, 2025.
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The brazen assault – one of many worst in Kashmir’s historical past – at one in every of its hottest vacationer spots, dotted with meadows and surrounded by glaciers, has shocked India and been condemned by leaders all over the world.
Indian safety forces unfold out throughout Kashmir a day after the assault, as police, military and paramilitary forces continued their manhunt for the perpetrators. Many companies have been closed Wednesday to protest the brutal assault on civilians, heeding a name from Kashmiri spiritual teams and political events.
Pakistani nationals requested to go away, visas cancelled
Along with the suspension of the water treaty, India additionally ordered all Pakistani nationals at the moment within the nation to go away inside 48 hours and gave every week to the Navy Advisors within the Pakistani Excessive Fee in New Delhi to exit India. India stated it can additionally recall its personal navy advisors from Islamabad.
“These posts in the respective High Commissions are deemed annulled,” stated an Indian Exterior Affairs Ministry assertion. The ministry stated each the excessive commissions will probably be down-staffed from present 55 to 30.
India has additionally determined to shut the Built-in Examine Put up Attari, a key highway hyperlink between the 2 international locations.
“Those who have crossed over with valid endorsements may return through that route before 01 May 2025,” the ministry stated in a press release.
The Kashmir battle
Kashmir is claimed in full by each India and Pakistan, however every nation has managed its personal portion of the mountainous area for many years.
The scenic Himalayan area has been hit repeatedly by militant violence since an armed anti-Indian insurgency started in 1989. The simmering battle has claimed tens of hundreds of lives over greater than three a long time.
An Indian paramilitary serviceman retains watch in Pahalgam, south of Srinagar on April 23, 2025, following an assault.
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Tuesday’s assault on the in style vacationer magnificence spot got here when tourism within the Kashmir area was choosing up. The final main assault occurred in June 2024, when 9 folks have been killed and 33 injured as militants attacked a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims.
Eight pilgrims have been killed and 19 injured in the same assault within the area in 2017, when militants attacked a bus carrying them again from the well-known Amarnath Cave Temple in south Kashmir.
Widespread condemnation
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged his assist for India after the lethal assault.
The assault got here as U.S. Vice President JD Vance, alongside along with his spouse Usha and their youngsters, paid a largely private go to to India. Vance met earlier within the week with India’s chief, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Usha Vance is a working towards Hindu whose dad and mom are from India.
“I strongly condemn the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest,” Prime Minister Modi stated in a social media put up on Tuesday. “Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice… they will not be spared! Their evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger.”
Leaders from Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, France, Italy and the UAE have additionally expressed condemnation.
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