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Fears of attack in Pakistan-administered Kashmir amid acute India tensions

A woman walks past a wall mural along a street in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir [Farooq Naeem/AFP]

Authorities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have shut more than 1,000 religious schools over fears of possible retaliatory military action from India over last week’s deadly attack in the disputed region, as tensions soar between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

India blames Pakistan for the gun attack that killed 26 people on April 22 in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi providing his military “complete operational freedom” to deal with it.

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