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.

The Prime Minister has vowed a strong response to the Pahalgam terror attack, stating that terrorists will be punished 'far more severely than they can imagine'. He announced that the Indus Waters Treaty has been held in abeyance,