Jammu & Kashmir Pahalgam After Terrorist Attack, An Army Soldier Martyred In Udhampur
Jammu & Kashmir News The firing took place in Dudu-Basantgarh area during a cordon and search operation which was launched based on information about the presence of terrorists, said the officials
An army soldier was killed in an encounter between security forces and militants following a search operation in Jammu & Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday (April 24, 2025), officials said.
The firing took place in Dudu-Basantgarh area during a cordon and search operation which was launched based on information about the presence of terrorists, they said.
“Based on specific intelligence, a joint operation with Jammu & Kashmir Police was launched today in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur,” the White Knight Corps said on X.
Contact was established and a fierce firefight ensued, it said.“One of our bravehearts sustained grievous injuries in the initial exchange and later succumbed despite best medical efforts,” the Army said.The operation was still underway when last reports came in from the spot, they added.
Realising the gravity of this terror attack, the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs (CCS) decided on the following measures-
1) The Indus Water Treaty of 1960 will be suspended with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably renounces its support for cross-border terrorism.
2) Integrated Checkpost Attari will be closed with immediate effect. Those who have crossed the border with legitimate means can return through that route before 1 May 2025.
3) Pakistani nationals will not be allowed to travel to India under the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme. Any SPES visa issued to Pakistani nationals in the past will be deemed to have been cancelled. Any Pakistani national currently present in India under a SPES visa has 48 hours to leave India.
4) Defence, military, naval and air advisers at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi are declared persona non grata. They have a week to leave India.
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5) India will withdraw its Defence, Naval and Air Advisors from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. These posts will be deemed abolished in the respective High Commissions.
The US has issued a ‘do not travel’ advisory for its citizens
The US has issued a ‘do not travel’ advisory for its citizens after “terrorist attacks” in Jammu & Kashmir and fears of possible “violent civil unrest” within 10 km of the India-Pakistan border.
The advisory for all US citizens was issued on Wednesday, a day after militants opened fire in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, killing 26 people, most of them tourists, in the deadliest attack in the valley since the Pulwama attack in 2019.
“Terrorist attacks and violent civil unrest are possible in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This is a warning to citizens visiting the tourist destinations of Srinagar, Gulmarg and Pahalgam in the Kashmir Valley.
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The US State Department’s updated travel advisory for US citizens has asked citizens to avoid traveling within 10 kilometers of the India-Pakistan border “due to the possibility of armed conflict.”