After a terrorist attack in Kashmir, India, which India blames on Pakistan, India cut ties with Pakistan and ejected Pakistanis from the country.  Today, Pakistan retaliated.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the following:

– Pakistani airspace is closed to all Indian and Indian-operated airlines, effective immediately.

– The Wagah border crossing will be shut down, and ceremonial duties suspended.

– Pakistan suspends all SAARC visas issued to Indian nationals, and all Indians currently in Pakistan with an SAARC visa are instructed to leave within 48 hours.

– The number of diplomats at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad will be reduced to 30, and military attachés have been declared persona non grata.

– Pakistan exercises the right to temporarily suspend all bilateral agreements with India, including the 1972 Simla agreement.

– Pakistan states that any attempt at diverting the waters from rivers in the Indus will be seen as an act of war, and will be responded to by force.

India Already Deploying Aircraft Carrier

The India Navy has ordered one of its two Aircraft Carriers, the INS Vikrant, to depart the Arabian Sea and head toward . . . Pakistan.

The vessel was picked-up by space-based imagery satellites this morning in the Arabian Sea heading toward Pakistan:

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