bombing outside srinagar in indian administered kashmir is the worst attack in the divided region in decades india says it has clear evidence of pakistan s involvement. the first pictures from the blast site show confusion and devastation security officials say it was a kashmiri militant who rammed an explosive laden van into a bus carrying indian soldiers. the attack took place on a key highway on the outskirts. in indian controlled kashmir and the bus was part of a larger convoy at least five other vehicles were badly damaged in the blast police immediately launched an investigation. but despite the inspectors caution authorities blamed rebels fighting against indian rule the militant group jaish
claims but u.s. also washington and. the e.u. believe many officers have said. pakistan could be behind supporting harboring islamist out of this sham of this comes really at a crucial time for india to ahead of big elections this break how important is it for narendra modi to take a really tough line with pakistan here. well i was a speaking to some analysts before coming to this show and. the populist prime minister of india could use this attack to increase his support ahead of the election which i should do to take place in may all june so despite the modi government were to use these. dark do kind of in the election the opposition parties in india are also supporting the government they certainly are
following this story for us he s currently at the munich security conference which is kicking off today so india s prime minister narendra modi has warned of a crushing response what does that mean could this go as far as india actually taking a military action against pakistan. well india claimed in the past that it carried out a surgical strike it is likely that it could do the same thing again but pakistan denied that such an attack took place but at the moment after the attack the deadliest attack in the region india indian authorities pretty angry and they believe they have been saying for the past three decades that the kashmir separatist movement is not peaceful it has been militarized over the years independent experts say i think it puts pakistan in a pretty awkward position and that it strengthens india s narrative that the
west s protests have been ongoing and he has said he has put his attention to this gold so it s been seen as an issue because the joint appearance of french president german chancellor was seen as kind of a signal of a joint to europe and some see this as a sign for europe being fragmented a sort of overlying topic of the mideast conference and also of the german french alliance the german french motos it s often called being slowed down and the german french friendship maybe being not as strong as it was but as we said there we are awaiting the german defense minister and also the british defense secretary they will be giving opening remarks in a few minutes we ll be listening in live to those in max welcome back to you and to simon and just a few minutes thanks for your analysis. let s take a look at our other top story now india s prime minister narendra modi has warned pakistan to expect what he called a crushing response to a car bomb attack on a. military convoy they killed more
e mohammad has claimed responsibility for the attack and local media has named the driver as. a commando a known militant indian prime minister narendra modi after observing two minutes of silence for the victims squared up to islamabad by suggesting pakistan was harboring those behind the deadliest bombing in three decades. that are these ideas that are to follow a neighboring country thinks that it will succeed in creating instability through such some conspiracy in our country. but you should stop dreaming. what got the end of it and why they will never succeed. but islamabad strongly rejected quote any insinuation that seeks to link the attack to the state of pakistan without investigations whatever claims or accusations india and pakistan s tribal ties risk taking a dangerous new turn. channel shams from didn t you asia is