INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India said it has banned the import of goods originating from or transiting via Pakistan as diplomatic tensions between the two
nuclear-armed nations flared in the wake of a deadly attack on tourists in disputed Kashmir region.
Indias Directorate General of Foreign
Trade in a notification said the ban will take effect immediately, Reuters reported.
: This restriction is imposed in the interest of
national security and public policy, : it said.
Suspected militants killed at least 26 tourists in last weeks attack on a mountain
destination in the Pahalgam area of the Kashmir valley.
The Muslim-majority Himalayan region is claimed by both India and Pakistan, and has
been the site of multiple wars, insurgency and diplomatic standoffs.
India has accused Pakistan of involvement in the attack, which
Pakistan said it has : credible intelligence : that India intends to launch military action.
Pakistan also announced retaliatory measures
that have included halting all border trade, closing its airspace to Indian carriers and expelling Indian diplomats.
It has also warned that
any attempt to prevent the flow of river water promised under a decades-old treaty between the two nations would be considered an act of
war.
Trade between the two nations has dwindled over the last few years.
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