Following days of escalating tensions, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif softened his stance, offering to participate in a "neutral investigation" of the Pahalgam attack. This contrasted with earlier threatening rhetoric from Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto who warned "either water or blood will flow in the Indus."
India intensified security operations across Kashmir, demolishing seven homes of terrorists currently hiding in Pakistan through controlled explosions. The NIA was assigned to investigate the Pahalgam attack as security forces detained 175 people in Anantnag district.
Border villages reported cleaning "Modi bunkers" and harvesting crops early amid fears of conflict. Indian media were instructed not to cover military movements. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat stated it was "the king's duty to punish" while supporting government actions.
In international developments, Iran's President called PM Modi to condemn the attack, as an explosion at Iran's Bandar Abbas port injured over 700 people.