Each country has accused the other of fresh attacks, while a stream of misinformation on social media has deepened public unease on either side of the border.

On the last two occasions that India and Pakistan clashed significantly over Kashmir, in 2016 and 2019, the U.S. played a key role in deescalating tensions. However, today’s Trump administration is taking a hands-off approach, with Vice President J.D. Vance telling Fox News that the spat was “fundamentally none of our business.”

India has struck multiple sites inside Pakistani controlled territory, two weeks after a deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir plunged relations between the neighbors to new lows.