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Pulwama attack: India will 'completely isolate' Pakistan

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India is in mourning after an attack in Kashmir that killed 46 Indian soldiers.
India has said it will ensure the „complete isolation“ of Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed 46 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir.
It claims to have „incontrovertible evidence“ of its neighbour’s involvement but has not provided it.
Pakistan denies any role in the attack by militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad, which is based on its soil.
Thursday’s bombing of a military convoy was the deadliest attack on Indian forces in the region for decades.
Federal Minister Arun Jaitley said India would take „all possible diplomatic steps“ to cut Pakistan off from the international community.
But a Pakistani minister has asked India to reveal their evidence, and offered to help them investigate the attack.
There has been an insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir since the late 1980s but violence has risen in recent years.
In the wake of the attack, authorities have imposed a curfew in parts of Hindu-majority Jammu city after an angry mob vandalised cars in a largely Muslim neighbourhood.
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India says that Pakistan has long given safe haven to Jaish-e-Mohammad militants and accused it of having a „direct hand“ in Thursday’s attack.
It has called for global sanctions against the group and for its leader, Masood Azhar, to be listed as a terrorist by the UN security council.
India has tried to do this several times in the past but was repeatedly blocked by China, an ally of Pakistan.
Mr Jaitley set out India’s determination to hold Pakistan to account when speaking to reporters after attending a security meeting early on Friday.
He also confirmed that India would revoke Most Favoured Nation status from Pakistan, a special trading privilege granted in 1996.
Pakistan said it was gravely concerned by the bombing but firmly rejected allegations that it was responsible.
The country’s Information Minister, Fawad Chaudry, asked India to show its evidence, and offered to help the investigation into the attack.
„This needs evidence,“ he told broadcaster CNN-News18. „This needs an investigation.

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