Many in the region are preparing for a possible military confrontation between India and Pakistan because of a terrorist attack two weeks ago.

The already-frosty ties between neighbouring India and Pakistan have nosedived to a new low after the religiously-targeted terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, in which 26 tourists, including one foreign national were shot dead last month.

India and Pakistan are scrambling resources both military and diplomatic to respond to a crisis triggered by a massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir that has heightened fears of a conflict between the