Amid rising tensions with India, Pakistan’s defense minister declared his country’s innocence in a terror attack that killed 26 people this week in Kashmir territory.

The nuclear-armed rivals, which both claim Kashmir and administer separate parts of it, are at a dangerous crossroad after Tuesday’s militant attack, analysts said.

India is vowing to hunt down terrorists "to the ends of the earth" as tensions are escalating with Pakistan in the wake of a deadly attack in India's Kashmir region.