Srinagar, May 2 -- Expressing worry over heightened hostilities between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said Kashmir was passing through a "difficult time" as the two nations were "preparing for war".

Talking to reporters, Farooq said the world was making efforts to prevent escalation between the two nuclear armed nations.

A total of 26 people, 25 tourists and a local, were killed in the terror attack at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on April 22. The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has since claimed responsibility for the attack.

"Kashmir is passing through a difficult time. Nobody knows what will happen t...