India, Pakistani tensions diminish along the border in the disputed Kashmir after a deadly attack on tourists

The Indian army said on Saturday that the Pakistani soldiers opened fire in Indian positions along the high military border in the disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night. A fatal attack on tourists Last week.

India described the massacre, in which the militants killed 26 people, most of whom were Indian tourists, as a “terrorist attack” and accused Pakistan of support He – is.

Pakistan denies the charge. The attack, near the town of Bahjam, was called in a resort in Kashmir, by an unknown militant group by describing it as Kashmir resistance.

The worst attack in the area that targeted civilians in years was. In the days after that, tensions risen dangerous between India and Pakistan, which fought two of their three wars on Kashmir. The region is divided between them and both are fully called.

The Indian army said on Saturday that the soldiers from many positions of the Pakistani army opened fire on the Indian forces “throughout the control line” in Kashmir. “The Indian forces responded appropriately with small arms,” ​​the statement said. The statement added that no losses were reported.

There was no comment from PakistanAnd accidents cannot be verified independently. In the past, each side was accused of starting border skirmishes in the Himalayan region.

The markets and bazaars were open in Kashmir, which was run by Pakistan on Saturday, and there was no sign of the evacuation of villages near the control line.

After the tourist attack, India has suspended a decisive treat to share water The only functional border crossing closed. The visas issued to the Pakistanis were canceled from Sunday.

Pakistan has been retaliating the visas issued to the Indians, closing the airspace to Indian Airlines, and suspending trade with its neighbor. Citizens from both sides began heading to their countries of origin through borders and faces near the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistani on Friday.

On Saturday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaybaz Sharif pledged that the government would respond with “full force and strength” to Indian attempts to stop or divert water flow.

He also said that Pakistan was open to participating in any “neutral, transparent and reliable investigation” in the tourist attack.

On Saturday, a Pakistani official of the Disaster Management Agency, Saeed Quraishi, accused India of gap in launching large quantities of water in the Gilum River, raising fears of floods in parts of Kashmir that depend on Pakistan.

Qureshi said that the authorities told residents who live along the river bank to evacuate. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in India was not immediately available for comment.

New Delhi describes all strictness in Kashmir as a Pakistan -backed terrorism, a charge that rejects Pakistan. Many Muslim Kashmiris consider gunmen part of the struggle of freedom cultivated at home.

The rebels have been fighting Indian rule since 1989 to unify the region, either under Pakistani rule or as an independent state.

With the high tensions, Iran offered mediation, while US President Trump said he expected them to solve their differences.

“Tehran is ready to use its good offices in Islamabad and New Delhi to form a greater understanding at this difficult time.”

“India and Pakistan are the brother of Iran’s brother. Like other neighbors, we consider them our first priority Books on social media mail.

“There is great tension between Pakistan and India, but there was always,” Trump said on Friday.

Trump, who spoke on the first air force, did not respond when the reporters were asked whether he would call the leaders of the two countries, but he said, “They will get it in a direction or another.”

The United States has long called for calm between India and Pakistan, and was mediated during major border skirmishes in 1999.

American intelligence chief Toulsi Gabbard He expressed solidarity with India to search for the perpetrators of the last attack.

After the attack on Tuesday, the Indian forces intensified a campaign in Wadi Kashmir, the heart of the anti -India rebellion. Three police officials said they had detained and interrogated at least 1500 people.

The residents said that the forces exploded the explosives in the role of the family of at least three suspects in southern Kashmir on Friday night. In one of these incidents, dozens of other homes have suffered from damage, with their window destroyed and the breaking of the walls due to the effect of the explosion.

Police officials insisted on not disclosing his identity, in line with their departments policy, while villagers were afraid of revenge on the authorities.

Early on Friday, the forces also destroyed the role of a family of two suspect militants who accused him of participating in a Tuesday’s attack.

Indian forces demolish the homes as a joint tactic to combat disturbances in Kashmir.