An attack on tourists in India's Himalayan territory of Kashmir this week sparked a new crisis between nuclear armed South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan, with New Delhi blaming militants with "cross-border linkages" for the killings.

The aftermath of the brutal Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians, mostly tourists, has sparked a widespread condemnation of the violence.

Tourism in Kashmir, which had been on the rise since the Covid pandemic, has come to a standstill following the the killing of 26 tourists on April 22 in the picturesque town of Pahalgam. According to the Association of Hoteliers in the Valley,