The United States is stepping up pressure on India and Pakistan to avoid conflict in Kashmir after a tourist massacre in an Indian-administered area of the divided territory last week.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has test-fired Saturday a ballistic missile as tensions with India spike following Kashmir gun massacre. The surface-to-surface missile has a range of 450 kilometres, the Pakistani military said.

After a suicide bomb attack on troops in Indian-administered Kashmir at Pulwama in 2019, Gen Bajwa oversaw Pakistan's military response to Indian air raids but refrained from escalation, returning Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman and helping avert a full-blown war.