India suspends Pakistan water treaty, closes border after Kashmir attack

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An Indian security forces personnel stands guard on the banks of Dal Lake, following a suspected militant attack near southern Kashmir's Pahalgam. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA

NEW DELHI -- India will suspend a water-sharing treaty and close a border crossing with Pakistan "with immediate effect," New Delhi announced Wednesday, a day after a terror attack in the Jammu and Kashmir region killed 26 people.

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