Kashmir attack updates: Indian forces blow up homes after Pahalgam attack

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• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated that Pahalgam attackers “will be served with the harshest response”.
• MP for Srinagar Ruhullah Mehdi says Kashmir is facing “collective punishment” after the state’s former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti says security forces must distinguish between “terrorists” and civilians.
• Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif tells RIA Novosti that Russia and China may participate in an international investigation into last week’s deadly attack in Kashmir a day after Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif called for a neutral investigation. India has blamed Pakistan for cross-border “terrorism”, a charge it denies.
• India has taken various steps, including scaling down diplomatic ties with Pakistan and suspending its participation in the vital Indus Waters Treaty, in the wake of the deadliest attack on civilians in two decades.
• The attack has shattered the Indian government’s narrative of bringing normalcy to the Muslim-majority region through its heavy-handed approach, experts say. New Delhi scrapped the region’s limited autonomy in 2019 and brought the state under direct rule from New Delhi – a move that has further alienated Kashmiris.