Opinion | China’s stance on Kashmir attack will test ties with India
- China has provided unstinting and uncritical support to Pakistan despite its role in nurturing terror groups
- The JeM claimed responsibility for a car bomb that killed over 40 paramilitary policemen in Kashmir
This attack claimed by the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), a terror group banned by the United Nations, was carried out by a suicide bomber, who drove a car laden with more than 60kg of high explosives into a bus that was ferrying paramilitary personnel towards Srinagar along the main national highway.
Kashmir is divided and separately administered by India and Pakistan but both claim the entire state as their territory, and many people who live there want either independence or to be part of Pakistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to “isolate” Pakistan for supporting terrorism and withdrawn the most favoured nation (MFN) status accorded to its neighbour – meaning it can now increase customs duties to any level on goods coming from across the border.
