the risks of escalation…are higher than ever.”
The catalyst for the crisis is last week’s attack in the long disputed territory of Kashmir, in which gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, in the part of Kashmir that is controlled by India. 26 people were killed. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blamed militants based in Pakistan for the attack, and on Tuesday, Modi said he had given his military “complete operational freedom” to respond.
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