Investigators are exploring a potential coordinated terror strategy behind the Pahalgam massacre, linking it to earlier attacks on non-Kashmiris. Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, including Pakistani and local militants,

Small Arm Firing at some places on Line of Control initiated by Pakistan Army. Effectively responded to by Indian Army. No casualties,” Indian Army officials said. Further details are awaited.

An attack on tourists in India's Himalayan territory of Kashmir this week sparked a new crisis between nuclear armed South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan, with New Delhi blaming militants with "cross-border linkages" for the killings.