Pakistan recalls ambassador from New Delhi amid growing Kashmir tensions

The action comes after 44 Indian soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber in Kashmir

epa07376506 Indian army soldiers stand guard during curfew continues for the third day in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 17 February 2019. A curfew was imposed in parts of Jammu city following massive protests over the terror attack in Pulwama, according to the news reports more than 50 vehicles have been vandalised and eight vehicles set ablaze by the angry mob. At least 44 Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and several injured when a Jaish-e-Mohammed militant rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a CRPF convoy along Srinagar-Jammu highway at Lethpora area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on 14 February 2019, according local media reports. EPA/JAIPAL SINGH

 At least 44 Indian paramilitary personnel were killed in a car bombing claimed by the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed in south Kashmir's Pulwama district last week. EPA

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Feb 18, 2019
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Pakistan recalled its ambassador to India on Monday, as tensions between the two countries heightened over Kashmir.

"We have called back our High Commissioner in India for consultations. He left New Delhi this morning," Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Twitter.

India recalled its ambassador to Pakistan last week to discuss Pakistan relations in the wake of a suicide bombing in the disputed Kashmir region that killed 44 Indian paramilitary police.

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Indian mourners take part in candle light vigil as they pay homage to the killed service members in Siliguri on February 17, 2019, after an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in the Lethpora area of Kashmir. India and Pakistan's troubled ties risked taking a dangerous new turn on February 15 as New Delhi accused Islamabad of harbouring militants behind one of the deadliest attacks in three decades of bloodshed in Indian-administered Kashmir. / AFP / Diptendu DUTTA
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New Delhi says Pakistan had a hand in the attack, which Islamabad denies.

Dozens of soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a bus carrying security forces.

The bus was a part of a convoy carrying more than 2,500 personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force.

On Monday it was reported four Indian soldiers and two militants were killed in a gun battle in Kashmir.

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