Fox News: Pakistan fears India incursion 'imminent' amid heightened tensions following terror attack

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Pakistan fears India incursion 'imminent' amid heightened tensions following terror attack

Decades-long tensions between India and Pakistan are once again threatening regional stability, as Islamabad warns New Delhi could launch an incursion following a recent terrorist attack in Kashmir.
                       
                       
                           

Pakistan's defense minister on Monday said he believes an You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is "imminent" as tensions remain heightened following a militant attack in India's Kashmir region last week, which saw the killing of 26 people, first reported Reuters. 

India, which has not named any group it suspects of leading the attack but said it believes Pakistan to have backed the militants involved in the assault, has reportedly engaged in an aggressive hunt to find those involved in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in two decades. 

According to a BBC report, Indian authorities have used explosives to demolish properties allegedly linked to the suspects, more than You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for questioning and troops from both India and Pakistan have exchanged cross-border small arms fire.

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"We have You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login because it is something which is imminent now. So in that situation, some strategic decisions have to be taken, so those decisions have been taken," Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Reuters on Monday from the capital city of Islamabad. 

Asif did not say why he thought a possible incursion from India was imminent, but noted that allies in the Gulf had been informed, who in turn had apparently communicated the situation on the ground with officials in China and the U.S.

The New York Times on Monday similarly reported that India appeared to be You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for possible military intervention as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been engaging in mass diplomatic outreach by speaking with more than a dozen world leaders about the situation.

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The feud between India and Pakistan predates last week's attack by nearly 80 years, following Britain's decision to end its direct rule in the region following World War II and enact the 1947 Partition of British India, which essentially divided modern-day India and Pakistan based on Hindu and Muslim populations — though it caused massive unrest and displacement along religious lines.

The partition also gave the diverse Jammu and Kashmir region the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login if it wanted to join either newly established nation. 

Ultimately, the conflict ongoing today stems from the previous monarch of the region's initial attempt to seek independence, followed by its decision to join India in exchange for security against invading You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.

India and Pakistan have engaged in several wars and cross-border skirmishes in the decades since. 

While President You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login said last week that resolving the decades-old conflict was down to New Delhi and Islamabad to sort out, the State Department said it was working with both sides to encourage a "responsible solution."

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