Indian and Pakistani forces have exchanged cross-border fire as tensions mount between the nuclear-armed nations following Tuesday’s shooting attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people. On Thursday, Pakistan closed its airspace to India and threatened to halt all bilateral agreements with India. A group called the Resistance Front has claimed responsibility for the massacre; Islamabad has rejected India’s claims the attack was supported by Pakistan.

On Thursday, Kashmiris took to the streets to call for an end to the violence.

Mukhra Javed: “We strongly condemn this terrible act that has been done the day before yesterday. And we just want to say that terrorism doesn’t have a particular religion, and we, as common Kashmiris, stand for peace, and we’ll always stand for peace.”