He said India was immediately suspending a six-decade-old river-sharing treaty and closing the two countries’ only land border crossing. He also said India had given Pakistan’s defence attachés a week to leave India and was withdrawing its own defence staff from Pakistan.

Pakistan has denied it was behind Tuesday's attack that killed 26 mostly Indian tourists at a popular scenic spot in the Himalayan region.

India has suspended a critical treaty that regulated the sharing of water from the Indus River and its tributaries. Pakistan has warned that any attempt to stop or divert the wa