The latest attack on civilian tourists in Kashmir has been one of the worst attacks in the region since 2019, resulting in a tit-for-tat measure between India and Pakistan.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday vowed to identify, track and punish terrorists and their backers. This is coming two days after 26 men were killed in an attack on tourists by suspected militants in the Himalayan territory of Kashmir.

The long-simmering conflict in Kashmir, India, blew up on Tuesday, when Islamic Kashmir separatists killed 26 tourists and injured over a dozen others. The attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks,