The clash took place just days after a terror attack killed 26 people on the Indian side of the disputed region, raising tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations.

The long-simmering conflict in Kashmir, India, blew up on Tuesday, when Islamic Kashmir separatists killed 26 tourists and injured over a dozen others. The attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks,

The latest attack on civilian tourists in Kashmir has been one of the worst attacks in the region since 2019, resulting in a tit-for-tat measure between India and Pakistan.