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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Riazat Butt

A look at the nuclear rivals as Pakistan and India hint at military action over Kashmir

Pakistan said on Wednesday it had "credible intelligence" that India is planning to attack it within days, as soldiers exchanged gunfire along borders and Pakistanis heeded New Delhi's orders to leave the country following last week's deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

India's moves to punish Pakistan after accusing it of backing the attack in Pahalgam, which Islamabad denies, have driven tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to their highest point since 2019, when they came close to war after a suicide car bombing in Kashmir. The region is split between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety

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