Overview

• Indian security forces continue a high-intensity manhunt across Kashmir using drones, helicopters, and advanced surveillance to locate the attackers responsible for the April 22 Pahalgam massacre.
• The Resistance Front, a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the attack, with Indian police identifying two suspects as Pakistani nationals.
• India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, revoked Pakistani visas, closed the Attari border crossing, and expelled Pakistani diplomats as part of its diplomatic measures against Pakistan.
• Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged small arms fire along the Line of Control, with India attributing the initiation of firing to Pakistan and responding effectively.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to pursue the perpetrators and their backers, while the United Nations has called for maximum restraint to prevent further escalation.