Relatives at the funeral of Sepoy Gangadhar Dalui, who died in the Uri attack, in Howrah on Tuesday. Four terrorists that India insists came from Pakistan killed 18 soldiers on Sunday at an army camp in Uri. Kirby then went on to outline US concerns over the tensions following the Uri attack escalating into a nuclear conflict, especially given Pakistan's deployment of "tactical" nuclear weapons in advanced positions and in the hands of field commanders. But the diplomatic gains India has made in recent years in distancing wealthy Arab nations from Pakistan could evaporate if New Delhi responds to the Uri attack militarily, officials warned. Today, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena telephoned Modi to criticise the Uri attack.

Source: The Telegraph September 20, 2016 21:56 UTC