Pakistan fears India incursion 'imminent' amid heightened tensions following terror attack

Pakistan s defense minister on Monday announced he believes an incursion by India is imminent as tensions remain heightened following a militant attack in India s Kashmir region last week which saw the killing of people first revealed Reuters India which has not named any group it subjects of leading the attack but stated it believes Pakistan to have backed the militants involved in the assault has reportedly engaged in an aggressive hunt to find those involved in the deadliest attack in two decades According to a BBC review Indian officers have used explosives to demolish properties allegedly linked to the individuals more than people have been detained for questioning and troops from both India and Pakistan have exchanged cross-border small arms fire HERE'S WHY A FLARE-UP BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN OVER KASHMIR MATTERS We have reinforced our forces because it is something which is imminent now So in that situation specific strategic decisions have to be taken so those decisions have been taken Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif stated Reuters on Monday from the capital city of Islamabad Asif did not say why he thought a accomplishable incursion from India was imminent but noted that allies in the Gulf had been informed who in turn had apparently communicated the situation on the ground with leaders in China and the U S The New York Times on Monday similarly communicated that India appeared to be building its episode for manageable military intervention as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been engaging in mass diplomatic outreach by speaking with more than a dozen world leaders about the situation INDIA VOWS TO HUNT TERRORISTS TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH AS TENSIONS WITH PAKISTAN RISE AFTER KASHMIR ATTACKThe feud between India and Pakistan predates last week s attack by nearly years following Britain s decision to end its direct rule in the region following World War II and enact the Partition of British India which essentially divided modern-day India and Pakistan based on Hindu and Muslim populations though it caused massive unrest and displacement along religious lines The partition also gave the diverse Jammu and Kashmir region the ability to choose if it demanded to join either newly established nation Ultimately the conflict ongoing nowadays stems from the previous monarch of the region s initial attempt to seek independence followed by its decision to join India in exchange for precaution against invading Pakistani militias India and Pakistan have engaged in several wars and cross-border skirmishes in the decades since While President Donald Trump disclosed last week that resolving the decades-old conflict was down to New Delhi and Islamabad to sort out the State Department revealed it was working with both sides to encourage a responsible remedy