(9 Aug 2019) India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman said Friday that there is a sense of "calm and normalcy" in Kashmir after India decided to revoke its special status.
Speaking in New Delhi, Raveesh Kumar said that India "regretted" Pakistan's decision to suspend the Thar Express, its last remaining train link with India.
The move comes a day after Pakistan suspended the key Samjhauta Express, or Friendship Express, train service which links India from the city of Lahore.
The Thar Express runs between the port city of Karachi and India's town of Munabao.
Pakistan earlier expelled the Indian ambassador and suspended trade with New Delhi.
It comes as thousands of villagers living along the heavily militarized Line of Control dividing Pakistani and Indian-controlled Kashmir have migrated to safer places in fear of artillery fire exchanges between the rivals.
Pakistanis are also holding nationwide rallies to express support for people living in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.
Both Pakistan and India claim all of Kashmir.
Tensions have soared this week after India downgraded the Muslim-majority region's status from statehood to a territory.
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