HOW HAS PAKISTAN RESPONDED?
Pakistan hit back with tit-for-tat measures, including expelling New Delhi’s diplomats, and cancelling visas for Indian nationals with the exception of Sikh pilgrims.
It also closed its airspace to Indian airlines.
Islamabad also warned it would regard any attempt by India to stop the supply of water from the headwaters of the Indus River as an “act of war”.
HOW HAS KASHMIR BEEN AFFECTED?
The attack targeting tourists was a dramatic shift from the previously common smaller-scale assaults against Indian security forces.
Tourism is vital to the region’s economy and analysts say the unprecedented targeting of visitors will be a body blow to the industry.
Hoteliers reported mass cancellations at the start of the usually busy summer season.
Indian security forces have also launched a huge manhunt, with large numbers of people detained.
Rights groups say previous crackdowns have seen sweeping arrests and a repression of civil liberties.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
Some fear New Delhi’s diplomatic moves may just be an opening salvo – with the potential risk of military action.
The worst attack in recent years in Indian-run Kashmir was at Pulwama in 2019, when insurgents rammed a car packed with explosives into a police convoy, killing 40 and wounding 35.
Indian fighter jets carried out air strikes on Pakistani territory 12 days later.
