BALAKOT, Pakistan — A pre-dawn airstrike inside Pakistan that India said targeted a terrorist training camp and killed a “very large number” of militants ratcheted up tensions on Tuesday between the two nuclear-armed rivals at odds over the disputed territory of Kashmir. Pakistan has denied involvement in the attack but vowed to respond to any Indian military operation against it. There was no immediate explanation for the differing accounts, but India and Pakistan routinely contradict one another. India routinely accuses Pakistan of arming and training militants who cross the mountainous Himalayan region. They fought a third war in 1979 over East Pakistan, which gained independence with the help of India and became Bangladesh.

Source: National Post February 26, 2019 13:18 UTC