"If you think that you will launch any kind of attack on Pakistan, Pakistan will not just think about retaliation, Pakistan will retaliate," Khan said. The bomb attack was carried out by a 20-year-old man from a village in Indian Kashmir. The United States had told India it supported its right to defend itself against cross-border attacks, India said. Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan said an Indian attack on his country would undermine the Afghan peace effort. Jammu and Kashmir, a former princely state on the border between India and Pakistan, has been in dispute since the partition of India in 1947.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 19, 2019 14:03 UTC