UPDATES — Indian PM Modi vows to pursue Kashmir attackers 'to the ends of the Earth' amid increasing tensions with Pakistan

• PM Modi says India will "identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backer"
• India downgrades ties with Pakistan, summons Pakistani diplomat
• Pakistani PM calls for meeting to discuss response to India
• Intelligence agencies revealed details of the attackers

Here is a roundup of the major developments after the attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir on Thursday, April 24:

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PM Modi says India will pursue attackers to 'ends of the Earth,' calls for all-party meet

Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modivowed to take strong action against the Pahalgam attackers on Thursday.

"I say to the whole world: India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backer. We will pursue them to the ends of the Earth," Modi said in his first speech since the attack on Tuesday.

He called for an all-party meeting on Thursday, to brief political groups about the government's response after militants attacked a tourist locale in Pahalgam, Kashmir. 

India also summoned the top diplomat at Pakistan's embassy,  Saad Ahmad Warraich, on Wednesday night, with India downgrading diplomatic ties Islamabad following the attack.

The attack left 26 people dead including one Nepalese national, and several others injured.

New Delhi also handed a formal persona non grata note for all Pakistani military diplomats, Indian media reported.

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New Delhi downgrades ties with Islamabad

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said India will withdraw its defense attaches in Pakistan and also reduce the number of staff at its mission in Islamabad from 55 to 30. 

Misri added that India believes there was cross-border involvement in the attack, referring to its neighbor with which it shares a tense history since the independence of the two countries from the British Empire. 

Yesterday, India suspended The Indus River water-sharing treaty with Pakistan and closed a key border crossing as part of a raft of diplomatic measures.  

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Welcome to our coverage

Tanika Godbole | Saim Dušan Inayatullah

Welcome to DW's coverage of events in Kashmir and the wider region on Thursday, April 24, 2024.

On Tuesday, 26 people were killed near a tourist resort in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir. Most of those killed were tourists from India.

The attack prompted New Delhi to downgrade its diplomatic ties with Pakistan the following day, including the suspension of a key water-sharing treaty.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to brief political parties on the attack later on Thursday.