U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday Washington hoped Pakistan would cooperate with India to hunt down Pakistan-based militants, and that India's response to the recent Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir does not lead to a broader regional conflict.

India has alleged “cross-border” involvement from Pakistan in a terrorist attack that killed 26 men in the Indian-ruled part of Jammu & Kashmir on April 22nd. Pakistan denies any role and India has yet to present proof.

Pakistan's defence minister said on Monday a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week, as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations.