INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, a day after suspected militants killed
26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades.Indian Foreign Secretary
cabinet, after which it was decided to act against Pakistan.He said New Delhi would suspend with immediate effect a crucial river water
treaty that allows for sharing the waters of the Indus river system between the two countries.The defense advisers in the Pakistani high
commission in New Delhi were declared persona non grata and asked to leave, Misri said, adding that the overall strength of the Indian high
commission in Islamabad will be reduced to 30 from 55.The main border crossing checkpost between the two countries will be closed with
immediate effect and Pakistani nationals will not be allowed to travel to India under special visas, Misri said.At least 17 people were also
injured in the shooting that took place on Tuesday in the Baisaran valley in the Pahalgam area of the scenic, Himalayan federal territory of
The dead included 25 Indians and one Nepalese national, police said.It was the worst attack on civilians in India since the 2008 Mumbai
shootings, and shattered the relative calm in Kashmir, where tourism has boomed as an anti-India insurgency has waned in recent years.A
agencies say Kashmir Resistance, also known as The Resistance Front, is a front for Pakistan-based militant organizations such as
Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.Pakistan denies accusations that it supports militant violence in Kashmir and says it only provides
