Overview

• The July 28 operation outside Srinagar by Indian Army, paramilitary forces and Jammu and Kashmir Police killed three Pakistani nationals identified as the gunmen who stormed Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley on April 22
• Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament investigators linked rifle forensics and eyewitness accounts to the suspects’ involvement in the attack that left 26 mostly Hindu tourists dead
• New Delhi has accused Lashkar-e-Taiba and its offshoot The Resistance Front of orchestrating the massacre, allegations that Islamabad denies
• The April assault prompted unprecedented airstrikes, border closures and LoC skirmishes that brought the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war before a ceasefire halted the clashes
• Diplomatic tensions persist as Pakistan contests India’s attribution of the attack and security risks in Kashmir remain elevated