India, April 26 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday reacted to the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, saying that it was a "bad one".

"...That was a bad one (the attack).The tensions have always been there (at the Indo-Pak border), but they'll get it figured out, one way or the other," Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One.

"I know both leaders. There's great tension between Pakistan and India, but that has always been there..." he added.

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated over the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 persons, mostly tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. The assault is one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir since the 2019 Pulwama bombing.

Following the attack,...