A deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir last week has plunged relations between India and Pakistan to new lows, with both sides hinting at imminent military action.

The United States has appealed to both India and Pakistan to de-escalate border tensions that have been prevailing between the two nuclear power-armed South Asian countries after the Pahalgam terror attack,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged India and Pakistan to work with each other to de-escalate tensions after last week's Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir, the State Department said on Wednesday.