The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has asked India to stop punishing Kashmiri Muslims after the Pahalgam attack. The Commission condemned the violence but warned against revenge actions targeting a specific community.

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.

Relations between India and Pakistan are cratering following a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that has sparked tit-for-tat reprisals and raised fears of another military escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals.