Relations between India and Pakistan are cratering following a deadly attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir that left more than two dozen tourists dead, raising fears of military escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals.

By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) -Indian security forces launched a massive hunt on Wednesday for militants suspected of killing 26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades,

Officials recovered at least 26 bodies in Baisaran meadow, not far from the resort town of Pahalgam in the disputed Kashmir region.