India, Pakistan continue to flex military might after deadly tourist attack [Video]

India and Pakistan are scrambling resources, both military and diplomatic, to respond to a crisis triggered by a massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir that has heightened fears of a conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals.

India blames Pakistan for backing the gunmen behind the April 22 killing of 26 people, most of them Indian Hindu tourists, and has described it as a terror attack. Islamabad denies the charge.

Both countries have expelled each other’s diplomats and nationals, as well as closed their borders and shuttered airspace. India has also suspended a critical water-sharing treaty with Pakistan.

Kashmir is split between India and Pakistan and claimed in its entirety by both.

The two countries have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region, and their ties have been shaped by conflict, aggressive diplomacy and mutual suspicion, mostly due to their competing claims over Kashmir.

A Pakistani minister last week said his …