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<ul><li>The <keyword id="64822" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="International-Olympic-Committee">International Olympic Committee</keyword> has revoked India’s rights to act as a host country in any olympic event. </li><li>The decision came after India denied to issue visa to two Pakistani athletes who were to participate in a World Cup shooting event. </li><li>India’s actions go against the <keyword id="144372" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Olympic-charter">Olympic charter</keyword>, the committee said. </li></ul>The International Olympic Committee has revoked India’s rights to host Olympic-related events following the country denying visas to Pakistani athletes in the wake of Pulwama terror attack. The Committee has also reportedly asked all Indian sporting federations to bar India from hosting events unless the Indian government provides “clear written guarantees” to allow athletes to the events. "Since becoming aware of the issue, and in spite of intense last-minute efforts and discussions with the Indian government authorities, no solution has been found to allow the Pakistani delegation to enter India in time to compete," IOC said in a statement. India <a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/pulwama-effect-indias-visa-denied-for-pakistan-shooting-team-ahead-of-world-cup/1494666/">denied</a> issuing visas to two Pakistani shooters who were supposed to participate in a World Cup event in New Delhi on February 23 following Pulwama terror attack. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Cia8-uUQDprMthq5h4e1R39g74L32atInspd5OVQ8k/edit?usp=sharing">According</a> to IOC, refusing visas is a violation of the fundamental principles of the Olympic charter and ‘non discrimination.’ The Pulwama attack claimed the lives of at least 45 CRPF soldiers in what is one of the deadliest attacks in the Kashmir valley in the last two decades. With IANS

IOC revokes India’s rights to host any Olympic qualifying events

<ul><li>The French government has announced that it will be freezing all the assets of Jaish chief <keyword id="6459729" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="masood-azhar">Masood Azhar</keyword>, who claimed responsibility for the <keyword id="4650805" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="pulwama-Attack">Pulwama attack</keyword> in India. </li><li>The statement said, “France has decided to sanction Masood Azhar at the national level by freezing his assets in application of the Monetary and Financial Code”. </li><li>The move comes just days after China vetoed India’s push at the UN to list Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.</li></ul>The French government has announced that it will be freezing all assets of Jaish chief Masood Azhar in its country. The move comes just days after China exercised its veto in the United Nations to put a hold on listing Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. In an official statement, the French government stated that the Pulwama attack – which took over 40 lives was ‘deadly’ – and Jaish-e-Mohammed was responsible. <keyword id="6354785" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="france">France</keyword> added that it has and always will be by India’s side in the fight against terrorism. The statement said, “France has decided to sanction Masood Azhar at the national level by freezing his assets in application of the Monetary and Financial Code.” Furthermore, the government of France now plans to raise the issue with other European countries to include Masood Azhar on the European Union list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts. India was pushing at the UN for Masood Azhar to be declared as a global terrorist and the proposal for the same had been pushed forward by the US, UK and France. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/pm-imran-khan-warns-india-it-will-retaliate-if-attacked-following-pulwama/articleshow/68062020.cms">Markets turn nervous watching India and Pakistan ramp up military action</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/foreign-investors-pull-money-from-indian-markets-after-pulwama-attack/articleshow/68094607.cms">The Pulwama attack has scared foreign investors away</a>

France stands by India, freezes assets of Jaish chief Masood Azhar

<ul><li>The Pulwama terror attack may set back any possibility of peace talks between India and Pakistan. </li><li>Indian government’s policy towards Pakistan has been inconsistent so far. </li><li>The sting of the Indian rhetoric against Pakistan has been more consistent on Twitter than at the level of the government. </li><li>However, neither India’s spurts of aggression nor its periodic pacifism have changed Pakistan’s patronage for terror groups. </li></ul>Forty five paramilitary soldiers lost their lives in Pulwama, Kashmir on Thursday in a terror attack, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi called ‘dastardly’, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised an ‘<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/pulwama-attack-on-crpf-in-kashmir-condemned-by-pm-modi/articleshow/67997003.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">unforgettable lesson</a>’ for the perpetrators. “A befitting reply will be given to the perpetrators of the heinous attack and their patrons,” the Indian prime minister <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1096293506048380928" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">said</a> on Friday. The Indian government is blaming Pakistan-- Islamabad has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/jaish-e-mohammad-from-pakistan-kills-45-indian-soldiers-but-government-denies-link/articleshow/68003080.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">denied</a> any links-- for enabling the terrorists behind the deadly attacks in Kashmir. India has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-revokes-most-favoured-nation-status-to-pakistan-after-pulwama-attack/articleshow/68004958.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">revoked</a> the most favoured nation status-- which offers beneficial trade terms-- given to Pakistan in the wake of the attacks in Pulwama. However, aside from the reactionary outbursts soon after such attacks in the recent past, India’s policy, towards its troublesome neighbour on the West, has appeared incoherent and inconsistent. A similar attack in Uri, Kashmir in 2016 led to the ‘<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan.html">surgical strikes</a>’ by the Indian army across the Line of Control, in Pakistan-occupied- Kashmir, in September 2016. The move helped establish Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a strongman who would wait and watch as Pakistan used ‘terrorists’ as a state tool of aggression against India. This was<a href="https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/2016-surgical-strike-was-not-indias-first-here-are-the-previous-ones/313158"> not the first</a> such attack by the Indian army, but it was definitely the most publicised one. The propaganda was so effective that the wave of appreciation for Modi’s courage swept over the<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41896865"> ill-conceived demonetisation</a> initiative that brought the country’s economy to a grinding halt. It even won the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) key state elections, which followed soon after. The surgical strikes even inspired a movie, Uri, two years later, in January 2018. The slick blockbuster sparked widespread jingoism in India and the BJP milked it well for political gains. The many flip-flops The man who, before becoming prime minister, asserted that the Indian government should respond in the same ‘language’ – that of violence – as the one that Pakistan uses, turned very cordial soon after he was elected. Modi got accolades for his statesmanship when he<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Sharif-other-Saarc-heads-invited-for-Modi-swearing-in/articleshow/35452933.cms"> invited</a> Pakistan’s head of state Nawaz Sharif for the swearing in ceremony in May 2014. Three months later, Modi<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1126123"> cancelled</a> the scheduled foreign-secretary level talks citing a meeting between the Pakistani high commissioner to India and the Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat group. The next flip flop happened in December 2014, when Modi<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-modi-lands-in-lahore-on-a-surprise-visit-meets-pak-pm-nawaz-sharif/"> flew impromptu</a> to Lahore to dine at Sharif’s home when the latter’s daughter was getting wedded, and hope floated that the rapport between the two leaders may calm the tensions between the two nations fighting over shared borders for nearly seven decades now. However, within ten days of the famed meeting of the two leaders, terrorists from the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad attacked a military base in Pathankot, Punjab killing 7 Indian soldiers and one civilian. The conversations between the two governments stopped and Modi’s poise turned icy. What followed was a rise in cross-border firings as well as a marked-up call to global allies to ‘<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bb7592de-82e3-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5">isolate</a>’ Pakistan in international forums. That was 2016 and 2017. In November 2018, the two countries agreed to build a cross-border<a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-pak-to-build-corridor-for-sikh-pilgrims-to-visit-iconic-gurdwara/story-HV7Zgu8jh1VSDMNNqwbmCL.html"> corridor</a> that would allow Sikhs to visit a holy shrine, which is devoted to the religion’s founder Guru Nanak, situated in Pakistan. Less than a month before the hand shakes on the Kartapur corridor, representatives from the two countries had a heated exchange at the<a href="https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/an-india-pakistan-showdown-at-the-united-nations-73rd-general-assembly/"> United Nations</a> General Assembly. Cut to the new year, and Modi was a lot more considerate in his answer to the question on his stance towards Pakistan. “It will be a huge mistake to believe that Pakistan will mend its ways after a war. It will take a lot of time for Pakistan to mend its ways,” the Indian prime minister said in an<a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pakistan-would-take-a-lot-of-time-to-mend-its-ways-narendra-modi/article25881945.ece"> interview</a> on January 1. Weeks after the stately view on Pakistan, Modi today, after the latest attack, <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pulwama-terror-attack-live-updates-several-crpf-personnel-martyred-in-jammu-and-kashmirs-pulwama-district/liveblog/67994460.cms">said</a> that the Indian security forces have been ‘given full freedom’. India is a lot more polarised today on many issues, none more common than nationalism. The idea of patriotism and the plight of Indian soldiers facing the enemy at the western border have been contentious issues among the country’s citizens—both on social media and in personal interactions—and the credit goes to the BJP for making the debate ubiquitous. However, in hindsight, the sting of the Indian rhetoric against Pakistan has been more consistent on Twitter than at the level of the government. Neither India’s aggression nor its pacifist attitude has had any impact on Pakistan’s approach. Ceasefire violations have increased six fold between 2015 and 2018, according to a government<a href="https://scroll.in/article/888719/data-check-already-more-ceasefire-violations-along-line-of-control-this-year-than-all-of-2017"> data</a> released in July 2018. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-revokes-most-favoured-nation-status-to-pakistan-after-pulwama-attack/articleshow/68004958.cms">India revokes Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan after Pulwama attack</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/terror-attack-in-kashmir-condemned-by-several-countries/articleshow/68003200.cms">US, Russia, France among countries to condemn terror attack in Kashmir</a>

Indian government is raging at Pakistan again—here's a look at its policy so far

<ul><li>The recent militant attack in <keyword id="43212" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pulwama">Pulwama</keyword> and its subsequent fallout is not only hurting India’s small business owners, but it’s capital markets too. </li><li>As a result of the attack, the Sensex fell for nine consecutive days - its worst streak in eight years. </li><li>To make matters worse, <keyword id="58959" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Foreign-investors">foreign investors</keyword> also pulled out ₹62 billion of funds from debt and equity markets in the three three days following the attack. </li></ul>It seems that the recent militant attack in Pulwama, wherein 45 security personnel were killed, and its subsequent fallout is not only hurting India’s <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indians-traders-3-5-billion-in-business-due-to-protests-post-pulwama-attack/articleshow/68059494.cms">small business owners</a>, but it’s capital markets too. As a result of the attack, the Sensex fell <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-19/sensex-breaks-longest-losing-streak-since-2013-on-rbi-cash-boost">for nine consecutive days </a>- its worst streak in eight years. To make matters worse, foreign investors also pulled out of India’s debt and equity markets. Around ₹62 billion of funds from foreign portfolio investors (FPI) left India’s markets in the three three days following the attack on February 14th, according <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/business/pulwama-attack-spooks-markets-fpis-pull-out-rs-6200-crore-5593711/">to media reports</a>. This eclipses the <a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/market/fpis-pull-out-rs-5300-crore-from-capital-markets-in-january/1474109/">₹53.6 billion</a> worth of FPI outflows seen in the month of January. More importantly, this completely undoes the inflows that followed in the wake of the Modi administration’s populist interim budget announcements. Around ₹56 billion worth of foreign investor funds entered the country between February 1st and February 14th. Indo-Pak tensions have heightened in the aftermath of the attack. In addition to the deployment of troops on the border and in the Kashmir valley, India revoked “most favoured nation status” to Pakistan and imposed <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/pulwama-attack-india-s-200-duty-is-as-good-as-a-ban-on-pakistani-imports-119021800243_1.html">a 200% duty</a> on imports from the country. Meanwhile, <keyword id="14676" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Imran-Khan">Imran Khan</keyword>, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, announced that the country would <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/pm-imran-khan-warns-india-it-will-retaliate-if-attacked-following-pulwama/articleshow/68062020.cms">retaliate in kind </a>if it was attacked. Geopolitical stability is always an important factor whe foreign investors evaluate investment opportunities in emerging markets. If the current tensions persist, the outflows will likely continue. Not only will this hurt India’s currency, but it could provide a dampener on economic growth. Amid the exodus of foreign investors, domestic institutional investors were left to keep the market afloat, pumping ₹43.5 billion into <keyword id="35199" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="stock-markets">stock markets</keyword> in the same three-day period. This prevented what could have been an even more drastic fall in the Sensex. Furthermore, in alignment with global trends, gold prices in India got a boost as investors piled into the safe haven asset, driving prices 2% higher to ₹34,680 per ounce by February 19th. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indians-traders-3-5-billion-in-business-due-to-protests-post-pulwama-attack/articleshow/68059494.cms">Indians traders lose $3.5 billion in business due to protests post Pulwama attack</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/pm-imran-khan-warns-india-it-will-retaliate-if-attacked-following-pulwama/articleshow/68062020.cms">Pakistan PM Imran Khan says the country will retaliate if India attacks</a>

The Pulwama attack has scared foreign investors away

<ul><li>The Sensex lost as much as 600 points today as Indo-Pak tensions escalated. </li><li>Any escalation in the conflict could further dent investor sentiment. </li><li>The rupee is likely to lose value as risk aversion tends to push traders to seek the safety of the American dollar. </li></ul>The Sensex lost as much as 600 points today as Indo-Pak tensions escalated. Though there was a sharp recovery by the end of the day, the benchmark equity index closed 68 points lower for the day. The rupee also fell by ₹0.41 against the dollar. Any escalation in the conflict could further dent investor sentiment. The currency is likely to lose value as risk aversion tends to push traders to seek the safety of the American dollar. The damage was much larger across the border at the Karachi Stock Exchange, which fell by 4%. Escalating tensions In the early hours of February 26th, a fleet of 12 Indian jets bombed a number of suspected terrorist hideouts across the Line of Control (LoC) in <keyword id="3001" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pakistan">Pakistan</keyword>-occupied <keyword id="6354495" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="kashmir">Kashmir</keyword>, killing around 300 alleged terrorists. This was followed by a retaliation from Pakistan, which launched its own strikes across the LoC, capturing <a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pakistan-claims-shooting-down-two-indian-aircraft-1551249454752.html">two Indian Air Force pilots</a> in the process. In the immediate aftermath of the <keyword id="43212" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pulwama">Pulwama</keyword> attack on February 14th, the Sensex fell for <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-19/sensex-breaks-longest-losing-streak-since-2013-on-rbi-cash-boost">nine consecutive days</a> - its worst streak in eight years. Foreign investors pulled out around ₹62 billion from <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>’s markets in the three days following the attack. However, on Tuesday, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought shares worth ₹1,674.17 crore while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) sold ₹720.27 crore worth of shares in the Indian equity market on February 26, despite the worsening geopolitics in the subcontinent. Geopolitical stability is always an important factor whe foreign investors evaluate investment opportunities in emerging markets. FPIs have already been hesitant to invest in India amid the rise in oil prices, global trade tensions and concerns of fiscal slippage by the Modi administration. If the current tensions persist, the outflows will likely continue. This will be exacerbated by investors’ wait-and-watch stance ahead of general elections in May. Not only will this hurt India’s currency, but it could provide a dampener on economic growth. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/foreign-investors-pull-money-from-indian-markets-after-pulwama-attack/articleshow/68094607.cms">The Pulwama attack has scared foreign investors away</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indians-traders-3-5-billion-in-business-due-to-protests-post-pulwama-attack/articleshow/68059494.cms">Indians traders lose $3.5 billion in business due to protests post Pulwama attack</a>

Markets turn nervous watching India and Pakistan ramp up military action

Bridges snapped, houses flooded, lives lost and army working round-the-clock to rescue people who had taken shelter on rooftops, terraces, any place that saved them from the gushing floodwaters. The crown of India, the picturesque valley of <keyword id="17605" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jammu-and-kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</keyword> that held best of nature’s bounty had turned into a courtyard of death in a matter of few days. Even now, the flood waters endanger a lot of lives around, but the worst seems to be over, or so do the people hope. 
 
Monsoon in the snowy valley, which grows some of the priciest of the spices, flowers and thrives on tourism, has hardworking people too who have kept the lifelines going through their dedication. Even when the incessant rain in the last few days turned a big threat to their lives, they took out their small boats, shikaras and life-saving spirit to help stranded tourists and saved thousands, risking their own lives in the ordeal. 
 <keyword id="6354416" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Army">Indian Army</keyword> and allied forces have kept their rescue efforts on and rose phenomenally to the occasion. Over 1, 10, 000 people have been taken to safer places after flood waters inundated the valley. Now that the water level has been receding in Indian administered Kashmir, the part that has been occupied by <keyword id="3001" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pakistan">Pakistan</keyword> is in for some worst times. Waters have now reached that part as well. The dyke has breached, and thousands are fleeing the area for safety. More than one million people are said to have been affected by floods in Pakistan. 
 
Death toll, as of now, has been put at 450 from both countries. Rescue choppers have found no time to rest yet and have continued with their efforts of finding survivors trapped in various parts of the flooded areas. 
 
Chaotic scenes have been witnessed at Srinagar, from where the flights have been taking locals and tourists to other parts of the country. Anger and resentment is raising its ugly head at the most challenging time when Natural Disaster Response Force has been relentlessly working and carrying people to relief camps set up in safe areas. 
 
Major boost has come from the fact that cellphone connectivity has been restored in majority of the areas, enabling people to connect with their families. However, having been stranded in isolated areas with five feet deep water, with barely any food and least of all, no battery to keep their cellphones working, people still continue to seek help through ways that are beyond the reach of technology. 
 
A sense of abandoned feeling has been gripping the valley with people pitching in to do their bit on rescuing front. Locals have begun to feel they neither belong to India nor to Pakistan while both countries stake claim on their land. Relief camps run by residents of various areas have been set up to help their co-inhabitants with food and water. 
 Though the government feels the response was as swift as it could get, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir – <keyword id="19464" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Omar-Abdullah">Omar Abdullah</keyword> claimed helplessness with the nature unleashing its fury. 
 
“We had no government for the entire 36 hours since the entire establishment was wiped out,” he told media persons when asked about the state government’s unpreparedness to combat the worst times since terrorist attacks that marred the valley since long. 
 
In a way, Kashmir is most blessed and most cursed too. The terrorist attacks and instigating activities by separatist groups have stolen the peace of the valley since long. Now, with floods disrupting the life of Kashmiris, people feel the government wasn’t really up to face the situation. 
 
Now, with flood waters receding, people are hoping there is no sunshine since that would mean the glaciers melting. If that happens, they would be in for some worse times as waters would start flowing with great force again, wiping out life that has got a second chance to set its course right. 
 
The floods that have shaken the very spirit of an otherwise peace-loving valley are said to be the worst in last half a century. People are only hoping the worst is behind them by now.

Flood Ravaged India, Pak Struggle To Catch Breath

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30878">Public Domain</a>GWALIOR AIR FORCE STATION, India -- An Indian air force Mirage 2000 taxis into position following a Cope India 2004 sortie</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>India on Tuesday launched airstrikes across its border with Pakistan in a military escalation following a terror attack in Kashmir that left 40 Indian troops dead.</li><li>Pakistan immediately convened a meeting of its nuclear commanders and issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat to India. </li><li>The airstrike from India involved nuclear-capable aircraft and, according to India, killed up to 300 militants, but Pakistan says the Indian jets were chased off and killed no one. </li><li>With China closely backing Pakistan and US support for India, the two rivals have long been seen as a potential flash point for a global nuclear conflict. </li><li>Both sides appear out for blood now as gun fighting cracks off on the border and Indians around the country celebrate what they see as vengeance for the terror attack. </li></ul>India on Tuesday launched airstrikes across its border with Pakistan in a military escalation following decades of bitter rivalry and a terror attack in Kashmir that left 40 Indian troops dead, and Pakistan immediately convened a meeting of its nuclear commanders. Gun fighting on the ground followed along India and Pakistan's de facto border after what Vipin Narang, an MIT professor and an expert on the two country's conventional and nuclear forces, called "India's most significant airstrike against Pak in half a century."The strikes happened after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed the military to respond however it saw fit after the terror attack, which India blames on Islamist militants based in Pakistan.India and Pakistan have fought three wars over the disputed territory, and analysts are closely watching the crisis for clues about whether it could escalate from airstrikes to a heightened nuclear posture.Pakistan denies any involvement in the terror attack, but swiftly "took control" of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militants camp in question.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pakistan-readies-military-hospitals-for-war-nuclear-rival-india-kashmir-pulwama-2019-2" data-analytics-position="2">Pakistan readies military, hospitals for war with its nuclear rival India after Pulwama terror attack</a> <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir#/media/File:Kashmir_region_2004.jpg">CIA via Wikimedia Commons</a>Political map of the Kashmir region districts, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir valley or Vale of Kashmir.</div></div></div>India says its airstrikes killed as many as 300 Muslim separatist militants, but it is unclear whether the attack had any effect. Pakistan claims its air force scrambled fighter jets and chased India off, forcing the jets to hastily drop their bombs in an unpopulated area; Pakistan's prime minister called India's claims "fictitious."India flew its Mirage 2000 jets for the mission, which it uses as part of its nuclear deterrent. The jets dropped more than 2,000 pounds of laser-guided bombs, according to <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/surgical-strikes-2-0-1000-kg-laser-guided-bombs-mirage-2000s-and-other-details-we-know-so-far-2048725.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">News18.com</a>. As a branch of India's nuclear forces, the Mirage 2000 fleet has some of the most ready aircraft and pilots, <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mirage-2000-jets-iaf-airstrike-all-you-need-to-know-1465322-2019-02-26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Today notes</a>. The strike took place about 30 miles deep into Pakistan's territory in a town called Balakot, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/vijay-gokhale-press-conference-on-surgical-strikes-2-0-live-updates-2048845.html?ref=hp_top_pos_8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a press conference</a>. "The existence of such training facilities, capable of training hundreds of jihadis, could not have functioned without the knowledge of the Pakistani authorities," Gokhale said. The US has similarly accused Pakistan of harboring terrorists, and backed India's right to self-defense following the terror attack. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/indias-modi-unleashes-military-on-pakistan-after-pulwama-terrorism-2019-2" data-analytics-position="4">India unleashes its military on Pakistan after a terror attack stoked the feud between the nuclear rivals</a>Maj. Gen. Asif Hafþór, the spokesperson for Pakistan's military, said that Pakistan successfully scrambled jets and scared off the incoming Indian Mirage 2000s, and also tweeted pictures of craters and parts of what could be Indian bombs."Payload of hastily escaping Indian aircrafts fell in open," <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialDGISPR/status/1100231826348617728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghafoor said of the images</a>. It's unclear if India hit their targets, actually killed anyone, or simply dropped fuel tanks upon leaving Pakistan.India's airstrikes hit relatively close to Pakistan's prominent military academies and capital of Islamabad, potentially raising concern among the military that it's at threat from further Indian strikes. <h2>Pakistan's nuclear threat<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Reuters stringerPakistan's Hatf VII (Babur) missile takes off during a test from an undisclosed location in December 2007.</div></div></div></h2>At a press conference in response to the airstrikes, Ghafoor issued a veiled nuclear threat to India. "We will surprise you. Wait for that surprise. I said that our response will be different. The response will come differently," Ghafoor said at a press conference.Ghafoor continued that Pakistan had called a meeting of its National Command Authority, which controls the country's nuclear arsenal. "You all know what that means," Ghafoor said of the nuclear commanders' meeting in a press conference he posted to Twitter. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/9-nuclear-nations-arsenals-ranked-us-vs-russia-china-wins-2019-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We ranked the world's nuclear arsenals - here's why China's came out on top</a>But India has nuclear weapons and means to deliver them too. Additionally, both countries maintain large conventional militaries that have become increasingly hostile in their rhetoric towards each other. <h2>Best case scenario? Conventional skirmishes</h2><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">APAn Indian officer from the Indian Central Reserve Police Force shouts slogans during preparations for the upcoming Republic Day parade, near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Indian marks Republic Day on Jan. 26.</div></div></div>India and Pakistan have fought three wars over the border and have nuclearized to counter each other's forces. With China closely backing Pakistan and US support for India, the two rivals have long been seen as a potential flash point for a global nuclear conflict. <a href="https://twitter.com/idreesali114/status/1100421761609416705" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters' Idrees Ali reported</a> after the strikes that gunfights had broken out along Pakistan and India's border. The two countries have fought three wars over the disputed region of Kashmir, which both countries claim but administer only in part. Both India and Pakistan now appear out for blood following the fighting. Reuters reported that all around India people were celebrating, and Modi praised the military as "heroes."Meanwhile, Paksitan's denial that the airstrikes hit anything may give them some deniability and wiggle room to not respond with escalation, but hardliners within Pakistan will likely call for action. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twin-brothers-chicago-helped-take-down-el-chapo-margarito-pedro-flores-wives-cocaine-traffickers2017-6">The wives of high-level cocaine traffickers reveal how their husbands took down 'El Chapo'</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

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