Skip next section What you need to knowWhat you need to know UN chief Guterres urges India, Pakistan to avoid confrontation Pakistan asks Guterres to urge India to practice ‘restraint’ Pakistan intelligence says India is planning a military strike within 24-36 hours Here are the latest developments from Wednesday, April 30, on tensions between India and Pakistan following the Kashmir attack.
Skip next section Pakistani nationals leave India after visa cancellationsApril 30, 2025
Pakistani nationals leave India after visa cancellationsKhan carried her 14-day-old child in her arms as she was waiting to cross the borderImage: Prabhjot Gill/AP Photo/picture allianceMore Pakistani nationals living in India headed to the mainland crossing between the two countries on Wednesday, well after the deadline for them to leave by Sunday had passed.
India has ordered almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country as part of Delhi’s response to the attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, which it has linked to Pakistan.
Sara Khan, who was ordered back to Pakistan without her husband, Aurangzeb Khan, who holds an Indian passport, told the Associated Press news agency, “they told me you are illegal and you should go.”
“We have settled our families here. We request the government not to uproot our families,” said Khan, who had a long-term visa that was valid until July 2026.
The Pakistani government, which denies any involvement in last week’s attack, has retaliated with its own measures, including the cancellation of most visas for Indian citizens.
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Skip next section Modi to skip Russia’s Victory Day celebrationsApril 30, 2025
Modi to skip Russia’s Victory Day celebrationsIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, the Kremlin announced.
The May 9 event marks the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Modi was invited to attend alongside other international leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not provide a reason for Modi’s absence. According to the Russian state news agency TASS, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh may represent India instead.
India’s government said Wednesday that Russia had been informed that India would be represented by Singh.
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Skip next section WATCH: Tourist sector in Indian-administered Kashmir suffers after attack in PahalgamApril 30, 2025
WATCH: Tourist sector in Indian-administered Kashmir suffers after attack in PahalgamAuthorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have temporarily closed dozens of tourist resorts in the region following last week’s deadly attack.
Militants killed 26 people, mostly tourists on Tuesday, April 22. India has blamed the attack on Pakistan, which has repeatedly denied the allegation. Kashmir is a disputed territory administered by India, Pakistan and China.
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Skip next section Military action from India possible, says DW’s New Delhi bureau chiefApril 30, 2025
Military action from India possible, says DW’s New Delhi bureau chiefDW’s New Delhi bureau chief Sandra Petersmann suggested that India’s recent history indicates a possibility of military action following the Kashmir attack.
She cited Delhi’s limited military responses to attacks on Indian troops in Indian-administered Kashmir in 2016 and 2019.
“In 2019, the Indian Air Force struck an alleged military training camp for terrorist in Abbottabad in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which is close to the Afghan border but lost a jet in the process,” she said.
“So all of this is clearly indicating that a potential military reaction from India after this attack on civilians is very much on the table,” Petersmann added.
India was also trying to diplomatically isolate Pakistan, adding pressure on Islamabad.
Conflict in Kashmir “goes much beyond the region,” Petersmann said, noting that China’s territorial claims could mean the involvement of three nuclear powers, not just two.
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Skip next section UN chief Guterres warns India, Pakistan againat confrontationApril 30, 2025
UN chief Guterres warns India, Pakistan againat confrontationUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday.
“The secretary-general also expressed his deep concern at rising tensions between India and Pakistan and underscored the need to avoid a confrontation that could result in tragic consequences,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
A confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors “would be catastrophic for those two countries and for the world as a whole,” the statement added.
Sharif’s office said he had asked Guterres to “counsel India to exercise restraint.”
“Pakistan remains committed to peace, but will defend its sovereignty with full force if challenged,” he wrote on X.
Jaishankar appreciated the call from Guterres and said, “India is resolved that the perpetrators, planners, and backers of this attack are brought to justice.”
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Skip next section Pakistan accuses India of planning ‘military strike’April 30, 2025
Pakistan accuses India of planning ‘military strike’Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claimed that New Delhi intended to use last week’s militant attack on civilians as a “pretext” for further military action.
“Pakistan has credible intelligence that India intends to carry out military action against Pakistan in the next 24-36 hours on the pretext of baseless and concocted allegations of involvement in the Pahalgam incident,” Attaullah Tarar wrote on the social media platform X.
The statement came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly authorized his country’s armed forces on Tuesday to respond to the Kashmir attack in whatever way they see fit.
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Skip next section Welcome to our coverageApril 30, 2025
Welcome to our coverageWelcome to DW’s coverage of events in Kashmir and the wider region on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
On April 22, gunmen killed 26 people, most of whom were tourists, near a resort close to the mountain town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The attack prompted New Delhi and Islamabad to downgrade diplomatic ties, and India suspended a key water-sharing treaty with Pakistan.
The following days have seen cross-border firing from both sides, with no reported casualties.
On Tuesday, Pakistan accused India of planning a military strike within the next 24-36 hours.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a cabinet meeting to discuss further steps this morning, we’ll look at that and other developments in this blog.
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