Pakistan’s defence minister says military has briefed government on possibility of attack by India


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Open this photo in gallery: Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 28.WASEEM KHAN/Reuters Pakistan’s defence minister said on Monday a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week, as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations. The attack killed 26 people and triggered outrage in Hindu-majority India, along with calls for action against Muslim-majority Pakistan. India accuses Pakistan of backing militancy in Kashmir, a region both claim and have fought two wars over. “We have reinforced...