Pakistan Fears India Incursion 'imminent' Amid Heightened Tensions Following Terror Attack

Pakistan’s defense curate connected Monday said he believes an incursion by India is "imminent" arsenic tensions stay heightened pursuing a militant onslaught successful India’s Kashmir region past week, which saw nan sidesplitting of 26 people, first reported Reuters. 

India, which has not named immoderate group it suspects of starring nan onslaught but said it believes Pakistan to person backed nan militants progressive successful nan assault, has reportedly engaged successful an fierce hunt to find those progressive successful nan deadliest attack successful 2 decades. 

According to a BBC report, Indian authorities person utilized explosives to demolish properties allegedly linked to nan suspects, much than 1,500 group person been detained for questioning and troops from some India and Pakistan person exchanged cross-border mini arms fire.

Indian information forces unit escort an ambulance carrying nan bodies of visitors who were killed successful a suspected militant onslaught adjacent Pahalgam, extracurricular nan constabulary power room successful Srinagar April 23, 2025.  (REUTERS/Stringer)

HERE'S WHY A FLARE-UP BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN OVER KASHMIR MATTERS

"We person reinforced our forces because it is thing which is imminent now. So successful that situation, immoderate strategical decisions person to beryllium taken, truthful those decisions person been taken," Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Reuters connected Monday from nan superior metropolis of Islamabad. 

Asif did not opportunity why he thought a imaginable incursion from India was imminent, but noted that friends successful nan Gulf had been informed, who successful move had apparently communicated nan business connected nan crushed pinch officials successful China and nan U.S.

The New York Times connected Monday likewise reported that India appeared to beryllium building its case for imaginable subject involution arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been engaging successful wide negotiated outreach by speaking pinch much than a twelve world leaders astir nan situation.

This is simply a locator representation for Pakistan pinch its capital, Islamabad, and nan Kashmir region. (AP Photo)

INDIA VOWS TO HUNT TERRORISTS ‘TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH’ AS TENSIONS WITH PAKISTAN RISE AFTER KASHMIR ATTACK

The feud betwixt India and Pakistan predates past week’s onslaught by astir 80 years, pursuing Britain’s determination to extremity its nonstop norm successful nan region pursuing World War II and enact nan 1947 Partition of British India, which fundamentally divided modern-day India and Pakistan based connected Hindu and Muslim populations — though it caused monolithic unrest and displacement on belief lines.

The partition besides gave nan divers Jammu and Kashmir region nan ability to choose if it wanted to subordinate either recently established nation. 

Ultimately, nan conflict ongoing coming stems from nan erstwhile monarch of nan region’s first effort to activity independence, followed by its determination to subordinate India successful speech for information against invading Pakistani militias.

Indian information forces guidelines defender astatine nan tract of an onslaught connected visitors successful Kashmir's Anantnag territory connected Tuesday, April 24. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi)

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India and Pakistan person engaged successful respective wars and cross-border skirmishes successful nan decades since. 

While President Donald Trump said past week that resolving nan decades-old conflict was down to New Delhi and Islamabad to benignant out, nan State Department said it was moving pinch some sides to promote a "responsible solution."