Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service,
coming to you live from London with me, Sean Lay.
Eight days after Kashmir experienced the worst violence attack on civilians in a quarter of a century,
India and Pakistan,
both countries that claim it, both that control only part of it,
are doing nothing to lower the temperature between them.
There are reports of gunfire being exchanged overnight Tuesday into Wednesday over what's known as the Line of Control,
which separates Indian-controlled Kashmir from Pakistan.
On Wednesday,
Pakistan's Information Minister Atul Atara said his country possessed credible intelligence that India is planning to attack.
Being a responsible state, Pakistan open-heartedly offered a credible,
transparent and independent investigation by a neutral commission.
of experts to ascertain the truth.
Unfortunately, rather than pursuing the path of reason,
India has apparently decided to tread the dangerous path of irrationality and confrontation,
which will have catastrophic consequences for the complete region and beyond.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, meanwhile,
has been holding what are described as high-level security meetings.
Before we discuss today's event, some context about Kashmir's disputed status.
When the British finally pulled out of India in 1947,