Indian PM Modi threatens Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack

"We will give a befitting reply, our neighbour will not be allowed to de-stabilise us," Modi said in a speech soon after he called his security advisers to consider a response to the attack that has provoked an outpouring of anger on social media and demands for retribution.
Islamabad rejected the suggestion it was linked to the attack.
India will take all possible diplomatic steps to ensure the "complete isolation" of Pakistan, cabinet minister Arun Jaitley told reporters soon after the cabinet committee met at Modi's residence.
As a first step, this would include India removing most favoured nation (MFN) trade privileges given to Pakistan, Jaitley said.
"The ministry of external affairs will initiate all possible steps, and I am here referring to all possible diplomatic steps which have to be taken to ensure the complete isolation from the international community of Pakistan," he said.
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the latest Kashmir attack a matter of "grave concern".
But in a brief statement early on Friday it added: "We strongly reject any insinuation by elements in the Indian government and media circles that seek to link the attack to the State of Pakistan without investigations."
At least 44 Indian paramilitary personnel were killed in a car bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian media reported on Thursday.
According to New-Delhi based newspaper Hindustan Times, 20 soldiers were also injured in the attack.
The attack took place around 3.15 p.m. local time when an explosive-laden vehicle rammed into a paramilitary bus in Awantipora, a town along the highway connecting state capital Srinagar to Anantnag, a southern district, police said.
Official sources said the vehicle was carrying some 350 kilograms (around 772 pounds) of explosives.
The Jaish-e-Muhammad group claimed responsibility for the attack.