Indian army troopers stand guard near the site of a suicide attack on a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) near Lethpora village in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: Xinhua/ VNA)

At least 40 personnel from India’s Central Reserve Police Force were killed and five injured on Thursday in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide bomber rammed a vehicle with explosives into their bus. Pakistan-based terror group JeM had claimed responsibility for the attack on the CRPF convoy.

India has speculated about Pakistan’s role in using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal rejected India’s allegation that Pakistan was behind the attack.