Srilanka, May 2 -- A tense standoff prevails between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terrorist attack triggering concerns that it will explode into a full-blown war at any time with implications for the whole world.

However, the possibility of such a war, bar surgical strikes, is unlikely now with India asserting to target what is called only 'backers and handlers' of the terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 26 Indians as they were shot in the heads at point blank in the tourist heaven of Pahalgam.

Pahalgam is a picturesque town in the Himalayas often described as the "Switzerland of India".

India says it has credible evidence based on technology, eye witnesses and ear witnesses that terrorists were linked to Pakistan....