Last week a bomb hit a paramilitary convoy, killing over 40 members of India’s Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Pulwama, an area of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his country had nothing to do with the attack. He added that his country would retaliate if attacked.
Jaish-e-Mohammed, an organisation which Delhi has listed as a terrorist group, has claimed responsibility for the attack. The group, which launches strikes targeting Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir, is affiliated with the Taliban movement and al-Qaeda* terrorist organisation and demands that Kashmir separate from India and merge with neighbouring Pakistan.