One week after a devastating militant attack near the mountain resort of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 26 people, the town wears a look of quiet desolation, although tourists have begun trickling back in small numbers.

Pahalgam is slowly returning to normalcy days after a terror attack at the Baisaran valley claimed 26 lives, mostly tourists.

Nazir Ahmad Wani's house in Kashmir's Khasipora village was one of the nine homes destroyed so far. Police say his son, Amir Nazir, is a member of the Jaish-e-Mohammed group that India has designated as a terrorist outfit.

It was the deadliest attack on civilians in two decades in the disputed territory. Both India and Pakistan claim the Kashmir region and have fought two wars over it. Troops from b

China urges India and Pakistan to exercise restraint after the deadly tourist attack in Kashmir:: April 28, 2025:: Beijing, China:: Guo Jiakun, Foreign ministry spokesperson"China welcomes all measures conducive to cooling down the current situation and supports an impartial investigation as soon as possible.

Following Tuesday's massacre of 26 mostly Indian tourists, hostilities have intensified between India and Pakistan over the hotly contested Kashmir region.

"If they stop water, all of this will turn into the Thar desert, the whole country," one farmer said. "We'll die of hunger."