The Indian Navy has tested anti-ship missiles after a deadly Kashmir attack further strained already fragile ties with Pakistan.
The Indian Navy has released footage showing anti-ship missile tests amid rising tensions with Pakistan following a deadly attack on tourists in the Kashmir region.
The attack, which left 26 people dead, has been blamed by New Delhi on Islamabad. In response, India announced a series of measures to downgrade ties with Pakistan, including suspending a key water-sharing treaty and closing the only land border crossing between the two countries.
Diplomatic relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors were already strained before the latest escalation. Pakistan expelled India's envoy and refused to appoint its own ambassador to New Delhi after India revoked Kashmir’s special status in 2019.
Kashmir, claimed by both Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, has been plagued by militant violence since an anti-Indian insurgency erupted in 1989. Tens of thousands have been killed over the decades, though violence had declined in recent years.
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