The militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists last month was the first major terrorist incident in the region since February 2019, when a suicide bombing attributed to the Pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammed struck an Indian police convoy in Pulwama.

Shortly after the recent attack in Pahalgam, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to pursue the militants and their backers to the “ends of the earth.” Early Wednesday morning local time, India launched a barrage of missiles into Pakistani-administered Kashmir and the neighboring province on Punjab. Pakistan has resorted to artillery fire against Indian positions along the Line of Control, the de facto international border in disputed Kashmir.

The militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists last month was the first major terrorist incident in the region since February 2019, when a suicide bombing attributed to the Pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammed struck an Indian police convoy in Pulwama.

Shortly after the recent attack in Pahalgam, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to pursue the militants and their backers to the “ends of the earth.” Early Wednesday morning local time, India........

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