The G7 nations called for India and Pakistan to engage in direct dialogue and said it continues to monitor the events closely.

The country’s military said it has targeted an Indian missile storage facility and airbases in Pathankot and Udhampur.

India has responded in a "controlled, precise, measured, considered and non-escalatory" manner to the Pahalgam terror attack - the "original escalation" - that killed 26 tourists, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters in Delhi today.