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Abid Hussain

India and Pakistan near strategic standoff after Pahalgam attack in Kashmir

A member of India's security forces stands guard on the banks of Dal Lake in Indian-administered Kashmir after the Pahalgam attack [File: Sanna Irshad Mattoo/Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan threatened to suspend its participation in all bilateral agreements with India, including the 1972 Simla Agreement, on Thursday in a retaliatory move after India said it would suspend its own participation in the Indus Water Treaty and close the land border the day before.

The Simla Agreement was a peace accord signed by the two countries a few months after Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan.

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