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handle is hein.crs/govyig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service India, Pakistan, and the Pulwama Crisis Updated February 26, 2019 Overview On February 14, 2019, an explosives-laden SUV rammed into a convoy carrying paramilitary police in India's Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state. At least 40 personnel were killed in the explosion. The suicide attacker was a member of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), a Pakistan-based terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the bombing. The attack took place in Pulwama in the heart of the Kashmir Valley, site of a 30-year-old separatist conflict that pits the Indian government against Kashmiri militants who seek independence for India's only Muslim-majority state or its merger with neighboring Pakistan. Islamabad claims the disputed territory and is widely believed to have provided arms, training, and safe haven to militants over the decades. On February 26, Indian jets reportedly bombed a JeM facility inside Pakistan. The crisis has renewed fears of war between South Asia's two nuclear-armed powers. Although the attack-the single-deadliest in the history of the Kashmir conflict-reportedly was undertaken by a local Kashmiri, New Delhi insists that JeM leadership and planners across the de facto border in Pakistan are protected by Pakistan's intelligence agencies; it thus holds Islamabad responsible for the violence and has faced immense domestic pressure for retaliation. Pakistan quickly condemned the bombing while rejecting New Delhi's self-serving narrative, noting that JeM is banned in Pakistan. Washington condemned the attack in the strongest terms. A White House statement called on Pakistan to end immediately the support and safe haven provided to all terrorist groups operating on its soil and indicated that the incident only strengthens our resolve to bolster U.S.-India counterterrorism cooperation. Numerous Members of Congress expressed condemnation and condolences on social media. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11057 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress -

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