India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after suspected militants killed 26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades.

Foremost among these actions is the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, effective immediately, pending what Pakistan's verifiable cessation of support for terrorist activities against India. The treaty guides cooperation on number of cross-border rivers.

After the 2019 attack, which killed 40 Indian policemen, India carried out an air strike on Pakistan 12 days later. Pakistan’s air force struck back the next day and as Indian jets responded, one crashed in Pakistani territory,