Srilanka, May 1 -- Last week, terrorists associated with The Resistance Front, an offshoot of Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, attacked the scenic tourist spot of Pahalgam in Kashmir valley, massacring 25 tourists and a horse rider in the deadliest terrorist attack since the 2008 Mumbai attack.

The attack has rekindled the perennial hostility between India and Pakistan, as India suspended the Indus Valley Water Treaty, which was signed in 1960, and deported Pakistani passport holders. In a tit for tat, Pakistan suspended trade and walked back on the Simla agreement that demarcated the Line of Control between the two countries' disputed border. The two nuclear-armed rivals have exchanged fire across the border during the week. In the pas...