
What Happened Rising tensions between archrivals India and Pakistan have led to the first cross-border military action in Kashmir following an unprecedented bombing in the disputed territory. On Feb. 26, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale announced the Indian air force conducted a "non-military preemptive action" against a training camp belonging to the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which supports the secession of Indian-administered Kashmir, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Gokhale said the Indian military destroyed the facility — located in the town of Balakot — after receiving intelligence that JeM fighters were planning more suicide attacks. This follows a car bombing claimed by the group against an Indian paramilitary convoy in Jammu and Kashmir on Feb. 14 that killed 44 security personnel . Pakistani army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor disputed the Indian foreign secretary's statement.