UN Chief Urges Maximum Restraint As India-Pakistan Tensions Escalate Post-Pahalgam Attack

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged India and Pakistan to avoid military confrontation in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.

“Tensions between India and Pakistan are at their highest in years,” Guterres said on X, adding that he strongly condemns the terror attack.

The attack at the Baisaran area near Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam town on April 22 left 26 persons, including a Nepali citizen, dead and 17 injured. The terrorists targeted tourists after asking their names to ascertain their religion, the police said. All but three of those killed were Hindu.