Pulwama attack: Pakistan warns India against military action
Pakistan has warned it will retaliate if India takes military action against it after a militant attack on Indian forces in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Pulwama attack: Pakistan warns India against military action
Prime Minister Imran Khan went on television to call on India to provide evidence to support its claims that Pakistan was involved.
India responded that Mr Khan was again making excuses.
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More than 40 members of India's security forces died in Thursday's suicide bombing on their convoy.
Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad said it was behind it.
The attack has raised tensions between India and Pakistan, which have fought two wars and a limited conflict in the region and are both nuclear powers.
What did Khan say?
In his first comments addressing the attack, he said India should "stop blaming Pakistan without any proof or evidence" and urged Indian authorities to share any "actionable intelligence".
"If you think that you will launch any kind of attack on Pakistan, Pakistan will not just think about retaliation, Pakistan will retaliate," he said, adding that only dialogue could help solve issues in Kashmir.
India has long accused Pakistan of backing militant separatists in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Mr Khan, who took office last year, said his government was ready to co-operate with India in investigating the attack. But he also said Delhi should reflect on why Kashmiri youth had reached a point where they no longer feared death.
The prime minister said he had not addressed the attack earlier because of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's high-profile visit to Pakistan on Sunday and Monday.
#India responded
In a statement, the foreign ministry said that Mr Khan had failed to condemn the "heinous act" nor offer condolences to victims' families.
"It is a well-known fact that Jaish-e-Mohammad and its leader Masood Azhar are based in Pakistan. [This] should be sufficient proof for Pakistan to take action," the ministry said.
It said that past attacks in India attributed to Pakistan-based militants had not been investigated properly by Islamabad.
Mr Khan had also mentioned India's upcoming elections in the context of calls for retaliation against Pakistan - saying politicians believed strong action would boost votes.
The Indian foreign ministry said the insinuation was "regrettable", adding: "India's democracy is a model for the world which Pakistan would never understand."
Earlier, India's top military commander in Kashmir, Lt Gen KJS Dhillon, accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency of "controlling" the attack with Jaish-e-Mohammad commanders, but he provided no evidence.
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"I'd request all the mothers in Kashmir to please request their sons who have joined terrorism to surrender and get back to the mainstream," he said. "Otherwise anyone who has picked up the gun will be killed."
The suicide bomber has been identified as a young man from the region. Correspondents say a significant number of young Kashmiris have joined militant groups in recent years.
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