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{{Short description|Terrorist attack in India}}
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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title            = 2019 Pulwama attack
| partof           = the [[insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]
| image            =
| image_size       =
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| caption          =
| map              = {{Location map|Jammu and Kashmir
| width = 300
| lat_deg = 33
| lat_min = 57
| lat_sec = 52.84
| lat_dir = N
| lon_deg = 74
| lon_min = 57
| lon_sec = 52.27
| lon_dir = E
| label = Lethapora
| border = none
| float = center
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| map_alt          = Map showing the location of the attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| map_caption      = Location of the attack in the Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|union territory of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| location         = [[Lethapora]], [[Pulwama district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| target           = [[Central Reserve Police Force]] personnel 
| coordinates      = {{coord|33|57|53|N|74|57|52|E|dim:30_region:IN-JK_type:event|display=inline,title|name=Attack location}}
| date             = 14 February 2019
| time             = 15:15 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| timezone         = [[UTC+05:30]]
| type             = [[Suicide attack]], [[car bombing]]
| fatalities       = 40 (+1 suicide bomber)<ref name="Gurung" /><!--This figure is mentioned and sourced elsewhere in the article. Please don't update it without providing sources for the new figure, and do also try to update all other occurrences of the figure. This infobox is currently also only for the Pulwana attack. Please don't add figures for other attacks without substantially changing the infobox with consensus.-->
| injuries         = 35
| assailants       = Adil Ahmad Dar
| accused          = 19<ref name=":charge" /> (out of which 7 killed, 7 arrested)<ref name=":4" />
| perps            = Mastermind is Mohammad Ismal Alvi he also known as Saifullah, Adnan or Lamboo{{KIA}}<ref name=":4" /><br>[[Jaish-e-Mohammed]]<br>[[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=European Foundation for South Asian Studies |title=David Coleman Headley: Tinker, Tailor, American, Lashkar-e-Taiba, ISI Spy |url=https://www.efsas.org/publications/study-papers/david-coleman-headley-tinker,-tailor,-american,-lashkar-e-taibah,-isi-spy/ |website=efsas.org}}</ref>
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{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}

The '''2019 Pulwama attack''' occurred on 14 February 2019, when a convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the [[Jammu–Srinagar National Highway]] was attacked by a vehicle-borne [[Suicide attack|suicide bomber]] at [[Lethapora]] in the [[Pulwama district]] of the erstwhile [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|state of Jammu and Kashmir]]. The attack killed 40 [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF){{efn|name=CRPF}} personnel as well as the perpetrator — Adil Ahmad Dar— who was a local [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] youth from the Pulwama district.<ref name="BBC isolate" /><ref name="IT everything">{{Cite web |title=Pulwama Attack 2019, everything about J&K terror attack on CRPF by terrorist Adil Ahmed Dar, Jaish-e-Mohammad |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-attack-2019-everything-about-jammu-and-kashmir-terror-attack-on-crpf-by-terrorist-adil-ahmed-dar-jaish-e-mohammad-1457530-2019-02-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218104624/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-attack-2019-everything-about-jammu-and-kashmir-terror-attack-on-crpf-by-terrorist-adil-ahmed-dar-jaish-e-mohammad-1457530-2019-02-16 |archive-date=18 February 2019 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=India Today |date=16 February 2019 }}</ref> The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the [[Pakistan]]-based [[Islamism|Islamist]] terrorist<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Yudhijit|date=19 March 2020|title=The Terrorist Who Got Away|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/magazine/masood-azhar-jaish.html|access-date=12 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021222739/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/magazine/masood-azhar-jaish.html|url-status=live}}</ref> group, [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]].<ref name="TOI attack"/> [[India]] blamed neighbouring [[Pakistan]] for the attack, while the latter condemned the attack and denied having any connections to it.<ref name=condemned/> The attack dealt a severe blow to [[India–Pakistan relations]], consequently resulting in the [[2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes|2019 India–Pakistan military standoff]]. Subsequently, Indian investigations identified 19 accused. By August 2021, the main accused along with six others had been killed, and seven had been arrested.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Masood|first=Bashaarat|date=1 August 2021|title=Pulwama attack prime accused, kin of Jaish's Masood Azhar, killed in encounter|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/two-militants-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-jammu-kashmir-pulwama-7431294/|url-status=live|access-date=2 August 2021|website=The Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731044551/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/two-militants-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-jammu-kashmir-pulwama-7431294/ |archive-date=31 July 2021 }}</ref>

==Background==
{{Further|Kashmir conflict|Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism}}
Kashmir is a disputed territory, claimed both by India and Pakistan with both countries administering part of the territory.<ref name=time/> Pakistan has sought to gain control of Indian-administered Kashmir.{{sfn|Kapur|2011|p=76}}{{sfn|Basrur|2017|p=154}} An insurgency began to proliferate in Indian-administered Kashmir in the late 1980s. Pakistan provided the insurgency with material support.{{sfn|Kapur|2011|pp=62–63, 73}}<ref name="Ganguly">{{cite journal |last1=Ganguly |first1=Sumit |date=1996 |title=Explaining the Kashmir Insurgency: Political Mobilization and Institutional Decay |url=https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article-abstract/21/2/76/11541/Explaining-the-Kashmir-Insurgency-Political?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=International Security |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=103 |doi=10.2307/2539071 |issn=0162-2889 |jstor=2539071 |oclc=5548627724 |s2cid=42758031 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701231353/https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article-abstract/21/2/76/11541/Explaining-the-Kashmir-Insurgency-Political?redirectedFrom=fulltext |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Since 1989, about 70,000 people have been killed in the uprising and the Indian crackdown.<ref name="time">{{Cite magazine|last=Hussain|first=Aijaz|title=Tensions Rise in Kashmir as 7 Killed in Gunfight|url=http://time.com/5531703/india-pakistan-kashmir-gunbattle-kills-7/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218233304/http://time.com/5531703/india-pakistan-kashmir-gunbattle-kills-7/|archive-date=18 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref name="abc">{{Cite web|date=15 February 2019|agency=AP, Reuters|title=India warns of 'crushing response' to Kashmir suicide attack|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-15/india-warns-of-crushing-response-to-kashmir-suicide-attack/10818178|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226165059/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-15/india-warns-of-crushing-response-to-kashmir-suicide-attack/10818178|archive-date=26 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019|website=ABC News|location=Australia}}</ref> According to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', [[2016–17 Kashmir unrest|unrest in Kashmir]] grew in 2016 after India killed a popular militant leader, [[Burhan Wani]].<ref name=time/> A rising number of young locals from [[Indian administered Kashmir]] have joined the militancy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 February 2019|title=Soldiers killed as Kashmir tensions mount|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47275072|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301114352/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47275072|archive-date=1 March 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Safi|first1=Michael|last2=Farooq|first2=Azhar|date=15 February 2019|title=Indian PM: Pakistan will pay 'heavy price' for Kashmir bombing|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/indian-pm-modi-pakistan-pay-heavy-price-kashmir-bombing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305094312/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/indian-pm-modi-pakistan-pay-heavy-price-kashmir-bombing|archive-date=5 March 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=The Guardian}}</ref> Many sources state that the majority of militants in Kashmir are now local, not foreign.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Yasir |first1=Sameer |last2=Abi-Habib |first2=Maria |date=14 February 2019 |title=Kashmir Suffers From the Worst Attack There in 30 Years|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/world/asia/pulwama-attack-kashmir.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302112343/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/world/asia/pulwama-attack-kashmir.html |archive-date=2 March 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Narain |first=Akanksha |date=2016 |title=Revival of Violence in Kashmir: The Threat to India's Security |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26351433 |journal=Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses |volume=8 |issue=7 |pages=15–20 |issn=2382-6444 |jstor=26351433}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2021 |title=Nearly 60 foreign terrorists among 243 militants operating in Kashmir |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/nearly-60-foreign-terrorists-among-243-militants-operating-in-kashmir-1270323-2018-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302095206/https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/nearly-60-foreign-terrorists-among-243-militants-operating-in-kashmir-1270323-2018-06-26 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |access-date=6 March 2019 |website=India Today}}</ref> In 2018 alone, the death toll included 260 militants, 160 civilians and 150 government forces.<ref name=abc/>

Since 2015, Pakistan-based militants in Kashmir have increasingly taken to high-profile suicide attacks against the Indian security forces. In July 2015, three gunmen [[2015 Gurdaspur attack|attacked]] a bus, and police station in [[Gurdaspur]]. Early in 2016, four to six gunmen [[2016 Pathankot attack|attacked]] the [[Pathankot Air Force Station]].<ref name="Panda">
{{Cite web |last=Panda |first=Ankit |date=19 September 2016 |title=Gurdaspur, Pathankot, and Now Uri: What Are India's Options? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/gurdaspur-pathankot-and-now-uri-what-are-indias-options/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116200050/https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/gurdaspur-pathankot-and-now-uri-what-are-indias-options/ |archive-date=16 November 2018 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=The Diplomat}}</ref> In February and June 2016, the militants [[2016 Pampore attack|killed]] nine and eight security personnel respectively in [[Pampore]]. In September 2016, four assailants [[2016 Uri attack|attacked]] an [[Indian Army]] brigade headquarters in [[Uri, Jammu and Kashmir|Uri]] killing 19 soldiers. On 31 December 2017, the Commando Training Centre at Lethpora was also attacked by militants killing five security personnel. These attacks took place in the vicinity of the [[Jammu–Srinagar National Highway]].<ref name="TOI attack">{{Cite web |date=15 February 2019 |title=Jaish terrorists attack CRPF convoy in Kashmir, kill at least 38 personnel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/37-crpf-jawans-martyred-in-ied-blast-in-jks-pulwama/articleshow/67992189.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215181837/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/37-crpf-jawans-martyred-in-ied-blast-in-jks-pulwama/articleshow/67992189.cms |archive-date=15 February 2019 |access-date=15 February 2019 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Attack ==
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|+{{nowrap|Personnel killed<ref name="BBC isolate"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/pulwama-terror-attack-complete-list-of-slain-crpf-jawans-details-pulwama-terror-attack-news-crpf-jawans-death-toll-pulwama-victims-jammu-kashmir/366368|title=Pulwama terror attack: Complete list of martyred CRPF jawans – Details inside|date=15 February 2019|website=Times Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215095957/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/pulwama-terror-attack-complete-list-of-slain-crpf-jawans-details-pulwama-terror-attack-news-crpf-jawans-death-toll-pulwama-victims-jammu-kashmir/366368|archive-date=15 February 2019|url-status=live|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/identified-jawans-pulwama-terror-attack|title=At 12, Highest Number of Jawans Martyred in Pulwama Hailed from UP|website=The Quint|date=15 February 2019|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035234/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/identified-jawans-pulwama-terror-attack|archive-date=16 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/pulwama-attack-punjab-announces-rs-12-lakh-compensation-for-families-of-martyred-crpf-soldiers/366776|title=Punjab announces Rs 12 lakh compensation for families of martyred CRPF soldiers|date=15 February 2019|website=Times Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142636/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/pulwama-attack-punjab-announces-rs-12-lakh-compensation-for-families-of-martyred-crpf-soldiers/366776|archive-date=17 February 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/pulwama-attack-how-you-can-718620.html|title=Pulwama attack: How to donate to victims' families|date=15 February 2019|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219072909/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/pulwama-attack-how-you-can-718620.html|archive-date=19 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
!State
!Number
|-
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|12
|-
|[[Rajasthan]]
|5
|-
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|4
|-
|[[West Bengal|Bengal]]
|2
|-
|[[Odisha]]
|2
|-
|[[Uttarakhand|Uttarkhand]]
|2
|-
|[[Bihar]]
|2
|-
|[[Maharashtra]]
|2
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|2
|-
|[[Assam]]
|1
|-
|[[Karnataka]]
|1
|-
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|1
|-
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|1
|-
|[[Kerala]]
|1
|-
|[[Jharkhand]]
|1
|-
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|1
|-
|'''Total'''
|40
|}

On 14 February 2019, a convoy of 78 vehicles transporting more than 2,500 [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF){{efn|name=CRPF|The [[Central Reserve Police Force]] is the largest central paramilitary force under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. It is used to supplement the local police forces in contingencies and for countering insurgencies. According to Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan of the [[Observer Research Foundation]], it is less trained and armed than the Army.<ref name=Rajagopalan>
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, [https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/new-terror-attack-exposes-indias-limited-options/ New Terror Attack Exposes India’s Limited Options] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216125212/https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/new-terror-attack-exposes-indias-limited-options/ |date=16 February 2019 }}, ''The Diplomat'', 15 February 2019</ref>}} personnel from [[Jammu]] to [[Srinagar]] was travelling on [[Jammu–Srinagar National Highway|National Highway 44]]. The convoy had left Jammu around 03:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] and was carrying a large number of personnel due to the highway having been shut down for two days prior. The convoy was scheduled to reach its destination before sunset.<ref name="TOI attack" />

At [[Lethpora]] near [[Awantipora]], around 15:15 IST,<ref name=":1" /> a bus carrying security personnel was rammed by a car carrying explosives. It caused a blast which killed 40 CRPF personnel of the 76th Battalion and injured many others.<ref name="Gurung">{{cite news |last1=Gurung |first1=Shaurya Karanbir |title=What happened at Pulwama and history of terror attacks on convoys |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/what-happened-at-pulwama-and-history-of-terror-attacks-on-convoys/articleshow/68019194.cms |access-date=16 March 2019 |work=The Economic Times |date=20 February 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716093915/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/what-happened-at-pulwama-and-history-of-terror-attacks-on-convoys/articleshow/68019194.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The injured were moved to the army base hospital in Srinagar.<ref name="BBC isolate">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47249133|title=Pulwama attack: India will 'completely isolate' Pakistan|date=16 February 2019|publisher=BBC News|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215232429/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47249133|archive-date=15 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pakistan-based militant group [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]] claimed responsibility for the attack. They also released a video of the assailant Adil Ahmad Dar, 22, from [[Kakapora]] who had joined the group a year earlier.<ref name="TOI attack" /><ref name="auto">{{cite web|date=15 February 2019|title=India will 'completely isolate' Pakistan|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47249133|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215232429/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47249133|archive-date=15 February 2019|access-date=15 February 2019|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Neeta|date=15 February 2019|title=Terrorist Lived 10&nbsp;km From Site Where He Killed 40 Soldiers in Kashmir|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pulwama-terror-attack-jaish-e-mohammad-terrorist-who-attacked-crpf-in-jammu-and-kashmir-ived-10-km-f-1993899|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215053542/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pulwama-terror-attack-jaish-e-mohammad-terrorist-who-attacked-crpf-in-jammu-and-kashmir-ived-10-km-f-1993899|archive-date=15 February 2019|access-date=15 February 2019|website=NDTV}}</ref> Dar's family had last seen him in March 2018, when he left his house on a bicycle one day and never returned.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hussain|first1=Ashiq|date=16 February 2019|title='Desperately wanted him to quit': Pulwama suicide bomber Adil Dar's mother|newspaper=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/desperately-wanted-him-to-quit-militancy-pulwama-terror-attack-suspect-s-mother/story-sajhZ3FBnslALDW3S4ClDL.html|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216115921/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/desperately-wanted-him-to-quit-militancy-pulwama-terror-attack-suspect-s-mother/story-sajhZ3FBnslALDW3S4ClDL.html|archive-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> Pakistan denied any involvement, though Jaish-e-Mohammed's leader, [[Masood Azhar]], is known to operate in the country.<ref name="BBC2019">{{cite web|date=15 February 2019|title=How far might India go to 'punish' Pakistan?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47250994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216101856/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47250994|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=16 February 2019|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dutt|first1=Barkha|date=14 February 2019|title=Everything will change after the Kashmir attack|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/15/everything-will-change-after-kashmir-attack/|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217015246/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/15/everything-will-change-after-kashmir-attack/|archive-date=17 February 2019|quote=Two decades later, Masood Azhar has not been brought to justice. Instead, he hides in plain sight in Bahawalpur, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, and is now allowed to address huge Islamist militant gatherings over audio speakers in other parts of Pakistan.}}</ref>

It was the deadliest terror attack on India's state security personnel in Kashmir since 1989.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=14 February 2019|title=Deadliest Kashmir militant attack on troops|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47240660|url-status=live|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301102835/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47240660|archive-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

===Perpetrator===
The perpetrator was identified as Adil Ahmad Dar, a 22-year old from [[Kakapora]].<ref name="auto"/> According to Dar's parents, Dar became radicalized after he was beaten by Indian police.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2019 |editor-last=Sharma |editor-first=Aditya |title=Pulwama Bomber Was Radicalised After Cops Forced Him to Rub Nose on Ground, Beat Him Up, Say Parents |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/pulwama-bomber-was-radicalised-after-cops-forced-him-to-rub-nose-on-ground-beat-him-up-say-parents-2038441.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130438/https://www.news18.com/news/india/pulwama-bomber-was-radicalised-after-cops-forced-him-to-rub-nose-on-ground-beat-him-up-say-parents-2038441.html |archive-date=28 February 2019 |access-date=6 March 2019 |website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pulwama bomber Adil Ahmad Dar became terrorist after he was beaten by troops, say parents |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-bomber-adil-ahmad-dar-became-terrorist-after-he-was-beaten-by-troops-say-parents-1457317-2019-02-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226083016/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-bomber-adil-ahmad-dar-became-terrorist-after-he-was-beaten-by-troops-say-parents-1457317-2019-02-15 |archive-date=26 February 2019 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=India Today |date=15 February 2019 }}</ref> Between September 2016 and March 2018, Adil Dar was reportedly arrested six times by Indian authorities.<ref name="Raina">{{Cite web |last=Raina |first=Anil |date=17 February 2019 |title=Pulwama bomber was detained six times in less than two years |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/pulwama-bomber-was-detained-six-times-in-less-than-two-years/articleshow/68028982.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191855/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/pulwama-bomber-was-detained-six-times-in-less-than-two-years/articleshow/68028982.cms |archive-date=28 February 2019 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Baabar|first=Mariana|date=18 February 2019|title=Pulwama attack: It's security, intel lapse, Pakistan tells India|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/433239-pulwama-attack-it-s-security-intel-lapse-pakistan-tells-india|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130438/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/433239-pulwama-attack-it-s-security-intel-lapse-pakistan-tells-india|archive-date=28 February 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=The News International}}</ref> However, each time he was released without any charges.<ref name=Raina/>

The Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff admitted to playing a role in the Pulwama attacks after initially denying any involvement.<ref>{{cite web | title=Pakistan Minister admits Islamabad's role in Pulwama terror attack | work=The Hindu | date=29 October 2020 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-minister-admits-islamabads-role-in-pulwama-terror-attack/article32973658.ece }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Did Pakistan just admit to 2019 Pulwama attack? PAF officer calls it 'tactical brilliance' amid Pahalgam heat | work=The Economic Times | date=11 May 2025 | url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/did-pakistan-just-admit-to-2019-pulwama-attack-paf-officer-calls-it-tactical-brilliance-amid-pahalgam-heat/articleshow/121074594.cms }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title='Tactical brilliance': Pakistan's top air force official admits role in Pulwama - BusinessToday | date=11 May 2025 | url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/it-was-our-tactical-brilliance-pakistans-top-air-force-official-admits-role-in-pulwama-475825-2025-05-11 }}</ref>

==Ignoring Intelligence inputs==
Central Government had received at least 11 intelligence inputs, including from the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] and Kashmir Police, days before the attack. Two days before the attack, [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]] uploaded a video of a suicide attack in Afghanistan and hinted at launching a similar attack in Kashmir. The Home Ministry refused to provide CRPF aircraft on the day of the attack and instead let the convoy take the road route, ignoring intelligence inputs.<ref name="frontline government ignored 11 inputs">{{cite news |last1=Bhakto |first1=Anando |title=Eleven intelligence inputs warning of Pulwama attack were ignored |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/pulwama-attack-intelligence-inputs-ignored-national-security-leak-compromise-balakot-bjp-win-2019/article64755942.ece |access-date=22 July 2023 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=21 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721211517/https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/pulwama-attack-intelligence-inputs-ignored-national-security-leak-compromise-balakot-bjp-win-2019/article64755942.ece |archive-date=21 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pulwama attack: IED attack warning sent to CRPF, other agencies last week |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/intelligence-warning-of-ied-attack-sent-to-crpf-other-security-agencies-last-week-119021401475_1.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721211759/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/intelligence-warning-of-ied-attack-sent-to-crpf-other-security-agencies-last-week-119021401475_1.html |archive-date=21 July 2023 |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

==Investigation==
The [[National Investigation Agency]] (NIA) dispatched a 12-member team to probe the attack, working with the [[Jammu and Kashmir Police]].<ref name="BBC isolate" /><ref name="TOI attack" />

Initial investigations suggested the car was carrying more than {{convert|300|kg}} of explosives,<ref name="TOI attack" /> including {{convert|80|kg}} of [[RDX]], a [[high explosive]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 February 2019 |title=Pulwama attack: Seven detained, 80&nbsp;kg high-grade RDX used by Jaish terrorist |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pulwama-attack-seven-detained-80-kg-high-grade-rdx-used-by-jaish-terrorist-2720490 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035340/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pulwama-attack-seven-detained-80-kg-high-grade-rdx-used-by-jaish-terrorist-2720490 |archive-date=16 February 2019 |access-date=15 February 2019 |website=DNA India}}</ref> and [[ammonium nitrate]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Ankur|date=16 February 2019|title=Pulwama attack: Traces of ammonium nitrate, RDX found at terror site|url=https://www.mynation.com/news/pulwama-attack-traces-of-ammonium-nitrate-rdx-found-terror-site-pn0ka3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217030411/https://www.mynation.com/amp/news/pulwama-attack-traces-of-ammonium-nitrate-rdx-found-terror-site-pn0ka3|archive-date=17 February 2019|access-date=17 February 2019|website=mynation.com}}</ref> [[Deependra Singh Hooda|Lt Gen Hooda]] said that the explosives might have been stolen from a construction site. He initially said that it was not possible that they were smuggled from across the border, but later said that he could not rule it out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abi-Habib |first1=Maria |last2=Yasir |first2=Sameer |last3=Kumar |first3=Hari |date=15 February 2019 |title=India Blames Pakistan for Attack in Kashmir, Promising a Response |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/world/asia/kashmir-attack-pulwama.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223135448/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/world/asia/kashmir-attack-pulwama.html |archive-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>

[[National Investigation Agency]] was able to establish and confirm the identity of suicide bomber as DNA samples from "meagre fragments of the car" used in suicide attack matched with Adil Ahmad Dar's father. However, even after a year of investigation, NIA was unable to trace the source of explosives.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Vijaita|date=13 February 2020|title=Pulwama terror attack: Even after a year, NIA unable to trace source of explosives|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pulwama-terror-attack-first-anniversary-even-after-a-year-nia-unable-to-trace-source-of-explosives/article30813393.ece|access-date=2 August 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The charge-sheet filed by the NIA in August 2020 named 19 accused.<ref name=":charge">{{Cite web|last=Chauhan|first=Neeraj|date=25 August 2020|editor-last=Chaturvedi|editor-first=Amit|title=NIA files charge sheet in Pulwama attack case; names Jaish chief Masood Azhar, his brothers and Pakistan|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nia-files-charge-sheet-in-pulwama-attack-names-jaish-chief-masood-azhar-his-brothers-and-pakistan/story-PMOIQITa6Ra37CJrXsXutJ.html|url-status=live|access-date=2 August 2021|website=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827102701/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nia-files-charge-sheet-in-pulwama-attack-names-jaish-chief-masood-azhar-his-brothers-and-pakistan/story-PMOIQITa6Ra37CJrXsXutJ.html |archive-date=27 August 2020 }}</ref>

== Aftermath ==
[[File:Candle Light March organised in Mehsana Gujarat in wake of 2019 Pulwama Attack.jpg|thumb|Candle light march organised in [[Mehsana]], [[Gujarat]]]]

[[State funeral]]s of security personnel killed in the attack were held in their respective native places.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/state-funeral-to-pulwama-martyrs-from-punjab.html|title=State funeral to Pulwama martyrs from Punjab|date=16 February 2019|website=The Pioneer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142443/https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/state-funeral-to-pulwama-martyrs-from-punjab.html|archive-date=17 February 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-pulwama-terror-attack-40-crpf-bravehearts-laid-to-rest-as-india-gives-final-farewell-tributes-pour-in-from-across-the-world-504777|title=Pulwama Terror Attack: 40 CRPF bravehearts laid to rest as India gives final farewell, tributes pour in from across the world|date=16 February 2019|website=India TV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216233418/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-pulwama-terror-attack-40-crpf-bravehearts-laid-to-rest-as-india-gives-final-farewell-tributes-pour-in-from-across-the-world-504777|archive-date=16 February 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> The [[Government of Punjab, India|government of Punjab]] announced [[ex gratia]] compensation of {{INRConvert|12|l}} each to the families of the killed security personnel from the state and a government job to the [[next of kin]].<ref name=":3" /> India revoked Pakistan's [[most favoured nation]] status.<ref name="BBC isolate" /> The customs duty on all Pakistani goods imported to India were raised to 200%.<ref name=":0">PTI (16 February 2019). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/customs-duty-on-goods-from-pakistan-hiked-to-200-with-immediate-effect/articleshow/68026732.cms Pulwama terror attack: India hikes customs duty to 200% on all goods imported from Pakistan]. ''The Times of India''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216220405/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/customs-duty-on-goods-from-pakistan-hiked-to-200-with-immediate-effect/articleshow/68026732.cms|date=16 February 2019}}.</ref> The Indian government urged the [[Financial Action Task Force]] (FATF) to add Pakistan to its [[Financial Action Task Force blacklist|blacklist]] for failing to comply with [[counterterrorism]] measures. The FATF decided to keep it on the 'grey list' and gave Pakistan time till October 2019 to comply with the 27 conditions it had laid down in June 2018, when it was put on the 'grey list', with an attending caveat. If Pakistan failed to comply, it would be added to the blacklist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Jitendra|date=24 February 2019|title=FATF decides Pakistan to be on greylist; role of the Financial Action Task Force explained|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/financial-action-task-force-pakistan-india-paris-money-laundering-terror-financing-blacklist-greylist/370791|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223812/https://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/financial-action-task-force-pakistan-india-paris-money-laundering-terror-financing-blacklist-greylist/370791|archive-date=25 February 2019|access-date=25 February 2019|website=timesnownews.com}}</ref> On 17 February, the state administration revoked security provisions for separatist leaders.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jain|first=Bharti|date=17 February 2019|title=J&K administration withdraws security of 5 separatist leaders|newspaper=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jk-admin-withdraws-security-cover-of-five-separatist-leaders/articleshow/68032525.cms?|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217201029/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jk-admin-withdraws-security-cover-of-five-separatist-leaders/articleshow/68032525.cms|archive-date=17 February 2019}}</ref>

Protests, [[bandh]]s and candle light marches were held across India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 February 2019|title=Pulwama terror attack: Anger on the streets as bandhs, protests, marches organised across states|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/pulwama-terror-attack-bharat-bandh-mamata-banerjee-kolkata-candlelight-march-protests-bandhs-crpf-bhendi-bazaar-mumbai-virar-sion-shiv-sena-bjp/366990|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216150619/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/pulwama-terror-attack-bharat-bandh-mamata-banerjee-kolkata-candlelight-march-protests-bandhs-crpf-bhendi-bazaar-mumbai-virar-sion-shiv-sena-bjp/366990|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=17 February 2019|website=timesnownews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/protests-across-country-against-pulwama-terror-attack/articleshow/68014683.cms|title=Protests across country against Pulwama terror attack|date=15 February 2019|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142646/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/protests-across-country-against-pulwama-terror-attack/articleshow/68014683.cms|archive-date=17 February 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=17 February 2019|title=Pulwama terror attack: Protest demonstrations, candle light processions taken out|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/pulwama-terror-attack-protest-demonstrations-candle-light-processions-taken-out/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217145739/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/pulwama-terror-attack-protest-demonstrations-candle-light-processions-taken-out/|archive-date=17 February 2019|access-date=17 February 2019|website=Daily Excelsior}}</ref> There were violent protests in Jammu resulting in a curfew being imposed starting 14 February. The Indian community in the United Kingdom held protests outside the Pakistan High Commission in [[London]].<ref name=":2" /> A delegation of Indian doctors cancelled their visit to Pakistan for the 13th Association of Anaesthesiologists Congress, organised by the [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation]], in [[Lahore]] on 7 March.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-terror-attack-live-updates-1457992-2019-02-17|title=Pulwama terror attack updates: Indians protest outside Pakistan High Commission in London|date=17 February 2019|website=India Today|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217143817/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-terror-attack-live-updates-1457992-2019-02-17|archive-date=17 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Indian broadcaster [[DSport]] said it would no longer broadcast Pakistan Super League cricket matches.<ref name="aj-broadcaster-2019">{{cite web|date=18 February 2019|title=Indian broadcaster pulls out of Pakistan cricket league|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/indian-broadcaster-pulls-pakistan-cricket-league-190218082302541.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015034/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/indian-broadcaster-pulls-pakistan-cricket-league-190218082302541.html|archive-date=19 February 2019|access-date=19 February 2019|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> The [[All Indian Cine Workers Association]] announced a ban on Pakistani actors and artists in the [[Indian Film Industry|Indian film industry]], and stated that strong action would be taken on any organisation violating it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 February 2019|title=Pakistani actors banned from working in India after Kashmir attack|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/pakistan/pakistani-actors-banned-from-working-in-india-after-kashmir-attack|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222185234/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/pakistan/pakistani-actors-banned-from-working-in-india-after-kashmir-attack|archive-date=22 February 2019|access-date=20 February 2019|website=Khaleej Times}}</ref> The [[Indian Film & Television Directors' Association|Indian Film and Television Directors Association]] also announced a ban on Pakistani artists in films and music produced in India; the president of the organisation threatened to "vandalise" the [[Film set|sets]] of any Indian film production with Pakistani artists.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/pulwama-terror-attack-has-salman-khan-replaced-atif-aslam-in-notebook-after-ban-on-pakistani-artistes-1459441-2019-02-19 Pulwama terror attack: Has Salman Khan replaced Atif Aslam in Notebook after ban on Pakistani artistes?]. ''India Today''. 19 February 2019''.'' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112347/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/pulwama-terror-attack-has-salman-khan-replaced-atif-aslam-in-notebook-after-ban-on-pakistani-artistes-1459441-2019-02-19|date=21 February 2019}}.</ref>

On 20 February 2019, Pakistani prisoner Shakarullah, who was serving a life term in India's Jaipur Central Jail under [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]], was stabbed and beaten to death by four other inmates.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Wadhawan|first1=Dev Ankur|date=20 February 2019|title=Pulwama aftermath: Pakistani inmate murdered inside Jaipur Central Jail|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pakistani-inmate-murder-jaipur-jail-pulwama-attack-1460616-2019-02-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307221546/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pakistani-inmate-murder-jaipur-jail-pulwama-attack-1460616-2019-02-20|archive-date=7 March 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=ANI|date=28 February 2019|title=4 arrested in connection with death of Pakistani prisoner in Jaipur jail|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/4-arrested-in-connection-with-death-of-pakistani-prisoner-in-jail-1466800-2019-02-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130357/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/4-arrested-in-connection-with-death-of-pakistani-prisoner-in-jail-1466800-2019-02-28|archive-date=28 February 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=India Today}}</ref> India claimed that Shakarullah was allegedly killed in a brawl among the inmates over television volume. Pakistan claimed that he was killed in retaliation of the Pulwama incident.<ref>PTI (21 February 2019). [https://kashmirreader.com/2019/02/21/pak-seeks-response-from-india-on-inmate-killed-in-brawl-in-jaipur-prison/ "Pak seeks response from India on inmate killed in brawl in Jaipur prison"]. ''Kashmir Reader''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191906/https://kashmirreader.com/2019/02/21/pak-seeks-response-from-india-on-inmate-killed-in-brawl-in-jaipur-prison/|date=28 February 2019}}. Retrieved 12 February 2019.</ref>

With reference to the Pulwama terror attack, the FATF has expressed worry over the increasing abuse of [[E-Commerce platform|e-commerce platforms]] by terrorist groups. [[Aluminium powder|Aluminum powder]], an important ingredient used to increase the explosive force of [[Improvised explosive device|improvised explosive devices]] (IEDs), was sourced through [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], according to the July 2025 FATF Report titled Comprehensive Update on Terrorist Financing Risks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ojha |first=Arvind |date=2025-07-08 |title=Explosive for Pulwama attack bought via e-commerce platform: Global terror watchdog |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/explosive-for-2019-pulwama-attack-bought-via-e-commerce-platform-global-terror-watchdog-fatf-2752782-2025-07-08 |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-08 |title=FATF report highlights evolving terrorist financing risks and warns of gaps in global understanding of the threats |url=https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Methodsandtrends/comprehensive-update-terrorist-financing-risks-2025.html |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=fatf-gafi.org}}</ref>

===Gunfight with the militants===
Following intelligence inputs, in the early morning hours of 18 February, a joint team comprising 55 [[Rashtriya Rifles]], CRPF and [[Special Operations Group (Jammu and Kashmir)|Special Operations Group]] of India killed two terrorists and two supporters in an anti-terrorism encounter operation in the ensuing manhunt for the perpetrators in [[Pulwama]]. One of them, Abdul Rasheed Ghazi alias Kamran, was identified as a Pakistani national and was considered the mastermind of the attack and a commander of the terrorist group Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM).<ref>{{cite web|last=Shekhar|first=Raj|date=18 February 2019|title=Pulwama attack mastermind Abdul Rasheed Ghazi killed by security forces in Kashmir|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pulwama-attack-mastermind-abdul-rasheed-ghazi-killed-by-security-forces-in-kashmir/articleshow/68044481.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218075855/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pulwama-attack-mastermind-abdul-rasheed-ghazi-killed-by-security-forces-in-kashmir/articleshow/68044481.cms|archive-date=18 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|website=The Times of India}}</ref> In addition, local JeM recruit Hilal Ahmed, along with two sympathisers who housed Ghazi and Ahmed to evade capture, were also shot dead in the encounter. Four security personnel were killed in the gunfight.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Aarti Tikoo|author-link=Aarti Tikoo Singh|last2=Dua|first2=Rohan|date=18 February 2019|title=Four Army personnel including Major martyred in encounter with terrorists in Pulwama|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/encounter-underway-between-security-forces-and-terrorists-in-jks-pulwama/articleshow/68041226.cms|url-status=live|access-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218203507/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/encounter-underway-between-security-forces-and-terrorists-in-jks-pulwama/articleshow/68041226.cms|archive-date=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/18/four-indian-soldiers-killed-clash-kashmir-militants/|title=Nine killed as Indian security forces battle Kashmir militants after suicide bombing|last=Bedi|first=Rahul|date=18 February 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=18 February 2019|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218093330/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/18/four-indian-soldiers-killed-clash-kashmir-militants/|archive-date=18 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pulwama-encounter-major-vibhuti-dhoundiyal-second-officer-from-uttarakhand-to-be-killed-in-3-days-1995404|title=Army Major Vibhuti Dhoundiyal, 34, Second Officer From Uttarakhand To Be Killed in 3 Days|website=NDTV.com|access-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218225809/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pulwama-encounter-major-vibhuti-dhoundiyal-second-officer-from-uttarakhand-to-be-killed-in-3-days-1995404|archive-date=18 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Anti-Kashmiri backlash===
[[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] students living in other parts of India faced a backlash after the attack, including violence and harassment,<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 February 2019|title=Violence against Kashmiri students, traders unacceptable: NC|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/(X(1)S(1ca3ba45l0ueekivdewx3a55))/news/kashmir/violence-against-kashmiri-students-traders-unacceptable-nc/313679.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221122151/https://www.greaterkashmir.com/(X(1)S(1ca3ba45l0ueekivdewx3a55))/news/kashmir/violence-against-kashmiri-students-traders-unacceptable-nc/313679.html|archive-date=21 February 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=Greater Kashmir}}</ref> and eviction from their homes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1464491|title=Kashmiris living in India facing threats, evictions|date=18 February 2019|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222082628/https://www.dawn.com/news/1464491|archive-date=22 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, many Indians offered to house Kashmiris who may have been evicted.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gerken|first1=Tom|last2=Jakhar|first2=Pratik|date=18 February 2019|title=My home and heart are open to you|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-47278366|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221171102/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-47278366|archive-date=21 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

It was reported that number of Kashmiris fleeing from the rest of India had reached "hundreds".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Majid|first=Zulfikar|date=19 February 2019|title=After attacks, Kashmiri students continue to come home|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/after-attacks-kashmiri-719267.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151940/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/after-attacks-kashmiri-719267.html|archive-date=22 February 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> Jammu and Kashmir Students Organisation reported that 97% of Kashmiri students in [[Dehradun]] had been evacuated.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raina|first=Muzaffar|date=20 February 2019|title=After Pulwama, panic dash by Kashmiris outside home state|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/after-pulwama-panic-dash-by-kashmiris-outside-home-state/cid/1685100|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222153439/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/after-pulwama-panic-dash-by-kashmiris-outside-home-state/cid/1685100|archive-date=22 February 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=The Telegraph|location=India}}</ref> Two Indian colleges in Dehradun announced that no new Kashmiri students will receive admission.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 February 2019|title=Pulwama attack aftermath: Two Dehradun colleges say won't admit Kashmiri students|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/pulwama-attack-aftermath-two-dehradun-colleges-say-wont-admit-kashmiri-students/1490729/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152216/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/pulwama-attack-aftermath-two-dehradun-colleges-say-wont-admit-kashmiri-students/1490729/|archive-date=22 February 2019|access-date=6 March 2019|website=The Financial Express}}</ref> One of those colleges, Alpine College, suspended its dean, who is a Kashmiri, after some groups called for him to be fired.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Upadhyay|first=Kavita|date=19 February 2019|title=Protests against Kashmiri students: Mob wanted it so dean was suspended, says head of Dehradun college|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pulwama-attack-kashmiri-students-asked-to-leave-mob-wanted-it-so-dean-was-suspended-says-head-of-dehradun-college-5590191/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095230/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pulwama-attack-kashmiri-students-asked-to-leave-mob-wanted-it-so-dean-was-suspended-says-head-of-dehradun-college-5590191/|archive-date=22 February 2019|access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref>

[[Tathagata Roy]], the governor of the Indian state [[Meghalaya]], tweeted support for a [[boycott]] of "everything Kashmiri". [[Union Minister]] [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]] disagreed with this view.<ref>{{Cite web|author=PTI|date=21 February 2019|title=BJP expresses disagreement over Tathagata's tweet on boycotting 'everything Kashmiri'|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-expresses-disagreement-over-tathagatas-tweet-on-boycotting-everything-kashmiri/articleshow/68099997.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042033/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-expresses-disagreement-over-tathagatas-tweet-on-boycotting-everything-kashmiri/articleshow/68099997.cms|archive-date=22 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019|website=The Economic Times}}</ref> A Kashmiri merchant was beaten in [[Kolkata]]; the attack was condemned by [[West Bengal]] chief minister [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chowdhury|first=Santanu|date=21 February 2019|title=Scared, not sure if I will come back: Kashmiri trader attacked in Kolkata|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/scared-not-sure-if-i-will-come-back-kashmiri-trader-attacked-in-kolkata-5593774/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042033/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/scared-not-sure-if-i-will-come-back-kashmiri-trader-attacked-in-kolkata-5593774/|archive-date=22 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh said they had asked affected states to protect students."<ref name="al-jazeera-02-16">{{cite news |last1=Fareed |first1=Rifat |title=Fear grips Kashmiris living in India after deadly suicide attack |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/fear-grips-kashmiris-living-india-deadly-suicide-attack-190216150244206.html |access-date=17 February 2019 |publisher=Al Jazeera|date=16 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216211513/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/fear-grips-kashmiris-living-india-deadly-suicide-attack-190216150244206.html |archive-date=16 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister [[Omar Abdullah]] met with [[Rajnath Singh]] seeking assistance.<ref name="India-today-16">{{cite magazine|date=16 February 2019|title=Pulwama attack: Kashmiri students from various parts of India allege harassment, CRPF launches helpline|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-terror-attack-kashmiri-students-allege-harassment-crpf-helpline-1457910-2019-02-16|url-status=live|magazine=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216231836/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-terror-attack-kashmiri-students-allege-harassment-crpf-helpline-1457910-2019-02-16|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref>

===Balakot airstrike===
{{main|2019 Balakot airstrike}}
On 26 February, twelve [[Mirage 2000]] jets of the [[Indian Air Force]] crossed the [[Line of Control]] and dropped bombs into Balakot, Pakistan.<ref name="ndtv-balakot">{{cite news |last1=Prabhu |first1=Sunil |editor1-last=Ghosh |editor1-first=Deepshikha |title=India Strikes After Pulwama Terror Attack, Hits Biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed Camp in Balakot |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390 |work=NDTV |date=26 February 2019 |access-date=27 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227053325/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390 |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=26 February 2019|title=Pakistan army confirms Indian jets dropped 'four bombs'|work=The Times of India|agency=Press Trust of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-army-confirms-indian-jets-dropped-four-bombs/articleshow/68171844.cms|url-status=live|access-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226221047/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-army-confirms-indian-jets-dropped-four-bombs/articleshow/68171844.cms|archive-date=26 February 2019}}</ref> India claimed that it attacked a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp and killed a large number of terrorists, reported to be between 300 and 350.<ref name="ndtv-balakot"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Indian Air Strike Destroys Terror Camp in Pakistan, Upto 350 Terrorists Killed |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/pre-dawn-indian-air-strike-destroys-jem-camp-in-pakistan-sources-say-up-to-350-terrorists-killed-3 |work=BloombergQuint |agency=Press Trust of India |date=26 February 2019 |access-date=27 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227181954/https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/pre-dawn-indian-air-strike-destroys-jem-camp-in-pakistan-sources-say-up-to-350-terrorists-killed-3 |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pakistan claimed that they quickly scrambled jets to intercept the IAF jets, who dropped their payloads to quickly return over the Line of Control.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 February 2019|title=Viewpoint: India strikes in Pakistan a major escalation|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47370608|url-status=live|access-date=26 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227061938/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47370608|archive-date=27 February 2019}}</ref>

===India-Pakistan standoff===
{{main|2019 India-Pakistan standoff}}
In an ensuing dogfight between Indian and Pakistani jets, an Indian [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]] was shot down over Pakistan and [[Abhinandan Varthaman|its pilot]] captured. Pakistan released the pilot on 1 March.<ref name="Captured">{{cite news|date=1 March 2019|title=Abhinandan: Captured Indian pilot handed back by Pakistan|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47412884|url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301173217/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47412884|archive-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

===Pakistan arrests suspects===
On 5 March, Pakistan arrested 44 members of various groups, including the Jaish-e-Muhammad. Some of those arrested had been named by India in a dossier it gave to Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack.<ref name=Asghar>Asghar, Naseem. "[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/190305135807274.html Son of Masood Azhar among 44 arrested] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306074615/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/190305135807274.html |date=6 March 2019 }}," ''[[The Express Tribune]]''.</ref> Pakistan said those arrested will be held for at least 14 days, and if India provided further evidence they would be prosecuted.<ref>Asad Hashim. "[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/190305135807274.html Pakistan arrests scores in fresh crackdown on armed groups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306074615/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/190305135807274.html |date=6 March 2019 }}," ''[[Al Jazeera English]]''</ref> Among those arrested were relatives of JeM leader [[Masood Azhar]], including his son Hamad Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf.<ref name=Asghar/>

=== Arrests and operations in India ===
By August 2021, Indian security forces had killed seven of the accused, including Saifullah, while seven had been arrested.<ref name=":4" />

==Reactions==
===India and Pakistan===
Indian [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with the victims and their families. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured that a strong response will be given to the terror attack.<ref name="TOI attack" /> India blamed Pakistan for the attack.<ref name="WP vows">Slater, Joanna; Masih, Niha (15 February 2019). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-modi-promises-retaliation-after-worst-attack-in-kashmir-in-three-decades-kills-dozens/2019/02/15/f5dd55d6-309e-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html Modi vows action after dozens die in deadliest attack in Indian-held Kashmir in 3 decades]. ''The Washington Post''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217084944/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-modi-promises-retaliation-after-worst-attack-in-kashmir-in-three-decades-kills-dozens/2019/02/15/f5dd55d6-309e-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html?utm_term=.2baaddc86a06|date=17 February 2019}}</ref> [[BBC News]] has said that the involvement of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in the bombing "directly links" Pakistan to the attack, while also pointing out that Jaish-e-Mohammed had attacked Pakistani military targets in the past.<ref name="BBC punish">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-47250994 Viewpoint: How far might India go to 'punish' Pakistan?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216174604/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-47250994|date=16 February 2019}}, BBC News, 15 February 2019</ref> It is widely accepted among security analysts that Jaish-e-Mohammed is the creation of Pakistan's [[Inter-Services Intelligence]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moj|2015|p=98}}; {{harvnb|Jaffrelot|2015|p=520}}</ref> Pakistan banned the group in 2002,<ref>{{Cite web|author=PTI|date=17 February 2019|title=Pakistan says it fulfilled obligations against Jaish-e-Mohammad|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pakistan-says-it-fulfilled-obligations-against-jaish-e-mohammad/story-CI7c4SokqDaIFSF7sy9pzJ.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112159/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pakistan-says-it-fulfilled-obligations-against-jaish-e-mohammad/story-CI7c4SokqDaIFSF7sy9pzJ.html|archive-date=21 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> but it has resurfaced under different names and retains ISI's support.<ref>{{harvnb|Gregory|2007|pp=1022–1023}}: "However, most of those arrested were subsequently released without any charges and the separatist/terrorist groups, such as the ISI creations Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, have been permitted to re-form, some of them under different names."</ref><ref>{{citation |author=C. Christine Fair |author-link=C. Christine Fair |title=Bringing back the Dead: Why Pakistan Used the Jaishe-Mohammad to Attack an Indian Airbase |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=12 January 2016 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cchristinefair/bringingbackthedeadwh_b_8955224.html |quote=This interpretation of the attack as "peace spoiler" misses the strategic element of the ISI's revival of Jaish-e-Mohammad...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Bruce Riedel |author-link=Bruce Riedel |title=Blame Pakistani Spy Service for Attack on Indian Air Force Base |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/05/blame-pakistani-spy-service-for-attack-on-indian-air-force-base.html |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=5 January 2016 |access-date=16 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503130537/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/05/blame-pakistani-spy-service-for-attack-on-indian-air-force-base.html |archive-date=3 May 2017 |url-status=live }}: "His group is technically illegal in Pakistan but enjoys the continuing patronage of the ISI."</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' questioned the nature of the link to Pakistan, pointing out that the bomber came from Indian-administered Kashmir and the explosives may also have been locally procured.<ref>Maria Abi-Habib, Sameer Yasir and Hari Kumar (15 February 2019). [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/world/asia/kashmir-attack-pulwama.html India Blames Pakistan for Attack in Kashmir, Promising a Response]. ''New York Times''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223135448/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/world/asia/kashmir-attack-pulwama.html|date=23 February 2019}}.</ref>

The Indian Finance Minister [[Arun Jaitley]] has said that India would completely isolate Pakistan in the diplomatic community.<ref name=":0" />

Pakistan denied the allegation of a link to the attack,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pulwama-attack-matter-of-grave-concern-pakistan/articleshow/68002500.cms|title=Pulwama attack 'matter of grave concern': Pakistan|date=15 February 2019|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215163423/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pulwama-attack-matter-of-grave-concern-pakistan/articleshow/68002500.cms|archive-date=15 February 2019|url-status=live|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref> and Pakistani foreign minister [[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]] condemned the bombing.<ref name=condemned>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1464205|title=On Kashmir attack, Shah Mahmood Qureshi says 'violence is not the govt's policy'|date=16 February 2019|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223190130/https://www.dawn.com/news/1464205|archive-date=23 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fawad Chaudhry]], Pakistan's federal information minister, said that Pakistan was taking action against Jaish-e-Muhammad and that Pakistan would be able to assist India in taking action against terrorist groups.<ref name="Samaa2019">{{cite web |title=Pakistan is taking action against Jaish-e-Muhammad, Fawad Chaudhry tells Indian media |work=Samaa TV |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/02/pakistan-is-taking-action-against-jaish-e-muhammad-fawad-chaudhry-tells-indian-media/ |date=16 February 2019 |access-date=16 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216193005/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/02/pakistan-is-taking-action-against-jaish-e-muhammad-fawad-chaudhry-tells-indian-media/ |archive-date=16 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Nation (Pakistan)|The Nation]]'', a Pakistani newspaper, called the assailant a "freedom fighter" who eliminated members of an "occupying force".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Slater|first1=Joana|last2=Masih|first2=Niha|date=15 February 2019|title=Modi vows action after dozens die in deadliest attack in Indian-held Kashmir in 3 decades|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-modi-promises-retaliation-after-worst-attack-in-kashmir-in-three-decades-kills-dozens/2019/02/15/f5dd55d6-309e-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217015242/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-modi-promises-retaliation-after-worst-attack-in-kashmir-in-three-decades-kills-dozens/2019/02/15/f5dd55d6-309e-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html|archive-date=17 February 2019|quote=In Pakistan, Thursday's attack was viewed in starkly different terms. The Nation, an English-language daily newspaper, trumpeted the news on its front page on Friday with a headline saying a "freedom fighter" attack had killed dozens of members of the "occupying force" in Kashmir.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Freedom fighter launches attack, 44 of occupying force killed in IOK |url=https://nation.com.pk/15-Feb-2019/freedom-fighter-launches-attack-44-of-occupying-force-killed-in-iok |work=The Nation |date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215060721/https://nation.com.pk/15-Feb-2019/freedom-fighter-launches-attack-44-of-occupying-force-killed-in-iok |archive-date=15 February 2019}}</ref> Pakistan and India both recalled their ambassadors for "consultations" in a tit-for-tat move.<ref name="aj-recall-envoy">{{cite web|last1=Hashim|first1=Asad|date=18 February 2019|title=Pakistan recalls India envoy amid tensions over Kashmir attack|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/pakistan-recalls-india-envoy-tensions-kashmir-attack-190218073652483.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218083705/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/pakistan-recalls-india-envoy-tensions-kashmir-attack-190218073652483.html|archive-date=18 February 2019|access-date=19 February 2019|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

On 19 February 2019, Pakistani Prime Minister [[Imran Khan]] said that providing safe haven to terrorists was not in Pakistan's interest.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Syed |first1=Baqir Sajjad |title=Pakistan ready to discuss terrorism with India: PM |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1464822 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=20 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095214/https://www.dawn.com/news/1464822 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He asked for proof of Pakistani involvement and warned India that any military response would be met with retaliation. Indian Ministry of External Affairs responded by criticising him for not condemning the attack and not offering any condolences for the victims. It said that claims by Adil Ahmad Dar and Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed was sufficient proof. It said that promise of investigation was unconvincing due to a lack of progress in [[2008 Mumbai attacks|Mumbai]] and [[2016 Pathankot attack|Pathankot attack]] investigations.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 February 2019|title=Pakistan warns India against attacking|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47290107|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223090151/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47290107|archive-date=23 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Not surprised at Imran Khan's statement: MEA responds to Pakistan PM's claims |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-pulwama-attack-mea-india-1459926-2019-02-19 |work=India Today |date=19 February 2019|access-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151903/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-pulwama-attack-mea-india-1459926-2019-02-19 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In response to Indian criticism, the newspaper ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' pointed out that Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi had expressed sympathies with the victims soon after the attack.<ref>Jawed Naqvi (20 February 2019). [https://www.dawn.com/news/1464867 India rejects Imran’s offer, seeks action against perpetrators]. ''Dawn''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222084007/https://www.dawn.com/news/1464867|date=22 February 2019}}.</ref>

Following the attack on the Indian territory, the producers of the Indian Hindi films, including [[Notebook (2019 film)|''Notebook'']], ''[[Kabir Singh]]'' and ''[[Satellite Shankar]]'', decided not to release the films in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 February 2019|title=Pulwama aftermath: Salman Khan's 'Notebook', 'Satellite Shankar' and Shahid Kapoor's 'Kabir Singh' to NOT release in Pakistan|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/pulwama-aftermath-salman-khans-notebook-satellite-shankar-and-shahid-kapoors-kabir-singh-to-not-release-in-pakistan/1467838|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228033025/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/pulwama-aftermath-salman-khans-notebook-satellite-shankar-and-shahid-kapoors-kabir-singh-to-not-release-in-pakistan/1467838|archive-date=28 February 2019|access-date=28 February 2019|website=The Free Press Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=24 February 2019|title=Pulwama Attacks Salman Khan's production Notebook, Satellite Shankar and Shahid Kapoor's Kabir Singh to NOT release in Pakistan|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/pulwama-attacks-salman-khans-production-notebook-satellite-shankar-shahid-kapoors-kabir-singh-not-release-pakistan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130419/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/pulwama-attacks-salman-khans-production-notebook-satellite-shankar-shahid-kapoors-kabir-singh-not-release-pakistan/|archive-date=28 February 2019|access-date=28 February 2019|website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=PTI|date=21 February 2019|title=Shahid Kapoor's Kabir Singh And Salman Khan-Produced Notebook Won't Release in Pakistan|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/shahid-kapoors-kabir-singh-and-salman-khan-produced-notebook-wont-release-in-pakistan-1997334|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228161530/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/shahid-kapoors-kabir-singh-and-salman-khan-produced-notebook-wont-release-in-pakistan-1997334|archive-date=28 February 2019|access-date=28 February 2019|website=NDTV}}</ref>

Former Indian cricket players and [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) called for the boycott on the 2019 World Cup group match fixture between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] with raising concerns on banning Pakistan cricket team from playing in the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]] tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Masters|first=James|date=26 February 2019|title=Will violence prevent India vs. Pakistan World Cup showdown?|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/26/sport/india-pakistan-kashmir-cricket-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044757/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/26/sport/india-pakistan-kashmir-cricket-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html|archive-date=6 March 2019|access-date=3 March 2019|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 February 2019|title=ICC says 'no indication' India v Pakistan World Cup match will not go ahead|publisher=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/47361012|url-status=live|access-date=3 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301210922/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/47361012|archive-date=1 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=22 February 2019|title=ICC warns BCCI: India likely to lose proposal to ban Pakistan from World Cup|newspaper=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-bcci-india-vs-pakistan-2019-icc-world-cup-1462441-2019-02-22|url-status=live|access-date=3 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306045215/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-bcci-india-vs-pakistan-2019-icc-world-cup-1462441-2019-02-22|archive-date=6 March 2019}}</ref> However, after conducting a press meet in Dubai, the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) rejected BCCI's statement regarding banning Pakistan from the World Cup and assured that the scheduled match will go ahead as planned despite the [[2019 India–Pakistan standoff|ongoing standoff between the two nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=PTI|date=3 March 2019|title=ICC to BCCI: Severing cricket ties with countries not our domain|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-meeting-bcci-letter-boycott-cricket-ties-with-pakistan-pulwama-terror-attack-1469341-2019-03-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303100040/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-meeting-bcci-letter-boycott-cricket-ties-with-pakistan-pulwama-terror-attack-1469341-2019-03-03|archive-date=3 March 2019|access-date=3 March 2019|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Santosh|date=3 March 2019|title=International Cricket Council Turns Down Indian Board's Request on Terrorism: Report|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/international-cricket-council-turns-down-indian-boards-request-on-terrorism-report-2001945|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303113235/https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/international-cricket-council-turns-down-indian-boards-request-on-terrorism-report-2001945|archive-date=3 March 2019|access-date=3 March 2019|website=NDTV Sports}}</ref>

On 8 March 2019, the [[India national cricket team]] wore camouflage military caps in tribute to the CRPF personnel killed in the attack during [[Australian cricket team in India in 2018–19#3rd ODI|the third ODI]] against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at [[Ranchi]]. The players also donated their match fees to the [[National Defence Fund]]. The [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] wrote to the ICC to protest the gesture. The ICC stated that BCCI had asked for, and received, permission to wear the caps.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI|date=11 March 2019|title=India was granted permission to wear camouflage caps in memory of fallen soldiers: ICC|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/india-was-granted-permission-to-wear-camouflage-caps-in-memory-of-fallen-soldiers-icc/articleshow/68360889.cms|url-status=live|access-date=11 March 2019|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311173602/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/india-was-granted-permission-to-wear-camouflage-caps-in-memory-of-fallen-soldiers-icc/articleshow/68360889.cms |archive-date=11 March 2019 }}</ref>

===International community===
The [[United States]] condemned the attack and added it would work with India in counterterrorism efforts. It asked Pakistan to stop sheltering terrorists and urged it to cooperate with the investigation and punish those responsible.<ref>{{cite news |title=US asks Pak to stop supporting terrorists, suspects ISI behind Pulwama |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/02/15/us-asks-pak-to-stop-supporting-terrorists-suspects-isi-behind-pulwama.html |work=The Week |agency=Press Trust of India |date=15 February 2019|access-date=3 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306050134/https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/02/15/us-asks-pak-to-stop-supporting-terrorists-suspects-isi-behind-pulwama.html |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/pulwama-attack-chief-urges-india-pakistan-defuse-tensions-190220091805765.html Pulwama attack: UN chief urges India, Pakistan to defuse tensions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221221838/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/pulwama-attack-chief-urges-india-pakistan-defuse-tensions-190220091805765.html |date=21 February 2019 }}, [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al-Jazeera]]</ref> Pakistan said it was ready to cooperate with such an investigation.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/india-allegations-pakistan-evidence-khan-190219082756101.html India demands Pakistan take 'credible action' over Kashmir attack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221111938/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/india-allegations-pakistan-evidence-khan-190219082756101.html |date=21 February 2019 }}, [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al-Jazeera]]</ref> A statement from the [[US Department of State]] noted that Pakistan-based [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]] (JeM) had claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=US condemns Pulwama terror attack, asks Pakistan to deny support to terrorists |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/us-condemns-pulwama-terror-attack-asks-pakistan-to-deny-support-to-terrorists-1456635-2019-02-15 |work=India Today |date=15 February 2019 |location=New Delhi|access-date=21 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112025/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/us-condemns-pulwama-terror-attack-asks-pakistan-to-deny-support-to-terrorists-1456635-2019-02-15 |archive-date=21 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[China]],<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=15 February 2019|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-condemns-kashmir-terror-attack/articleshow/68006151.cms|title=China condemns Kashmir terror attack|access-date=13 April 2019|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604050813/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-condemns-kashmir-terror-attack/articleshow/68006151.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[France]],<ref name="ec2">{{cite news |title=US, Russia, France & India's neighbours extend solidarity and support after Pulwama attack |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/us-russia-france-indias-neighbours-extend-solidarity-and-support-after-pulwama-attack/articleshow/67999786.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=14 February 2019 |access-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050755/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/us-russia-france-indias-neighbours-extend-solidarity-and-support-after-pulwama-attack/articleshow/67999786.cms |archive-date=15 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hungary]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hungarian Government strongly condemns the dreadful terrorist attack in Pulwama, India |url=http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-government-of-hungary-condemns-in-the-strongest-terms-the-heinous-terrorist-attack-in-pulwama |website=Website of the Hungarian Government |date=15 February 2019 |access-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219072932/http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-government-of-hungary-condemns-in-the-strongest-terms-the-heinous-terrorist-attack-in-pulwama |archive-date=19 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Israel]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel is with India: PM Netanyahu assures PM Modi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/israel-is-with-india-pm-netanyahu-assures-pm-modi/articleshow/68012382.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=Press Trust of India |date=15 February 2019 |access-date=20 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219062312/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/israel-is-with-india-pm-netanyahu-assures-pm-modi/articleshow/68012382.cms |archive-date=19 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Maldives]],<ref name="ec2"/> [[Nepal]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/condolences-pour-in-from-across-the-globe-for-pulwama-terror-attack-1456479-2019-02-14|title=Condolences pour in from across the globe for Pulwama terror attack|date=14 February 2019|access-date=14 February 2019|website=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214220737/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/condolences-pour-in-from-across-the-globe-for-pulwama-terror-attack-1456479-2019-02-14|archive-date=14 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Russia]],<ref name="ec2" /> [[Saudi Arabia]],<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Outlook India]]|title=Saudi Arabia Condemns Pulwama Terror Attack|date=15 February 2019|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-saudi-arabia-condemns-pulwama-terror-attack/325521|archive-date=13 April 2019|access-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413192803/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-saudi-arabia-condemns-pulwama-terror-attack/325521|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Singapore]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2019/02/15Feb2019Srinagar|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Statement: Condolence Letter from Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on the Terror Attack in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, Republic of India, on 14 February 2019|website=www1.mfa.gov.sg|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035127/https://www1.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2019/02/15Feb2019Srinagar|archive-date=16 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sri Lanka]],<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1096094758458470400|user=MaithripalaS|title=Extremely saddened about dastardly terror attack killing 40 CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) Jawans in Balawanapur, South Kashmir (J&K State). The world must condemn such brutal terrorist attacks and take effective action to prevent such incidents in future.@narendramodi|author=Maithripala Sirisena|date=14 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="livemn2">{{cite news |title=World leaders condemn Pulwama terror attack |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/world-leaders-condemn-pulwama-terror-attack-1550159428336.html |publisher=[[Livemint]] |date=15 February 2019 |access-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050840/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/world-leaders-condemn-pulwama-terror-attack-1550159428336.html |archive-date=15 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Turkey]],<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1465978|title='Dialogue not war' is the solution to Pak-India problems: Turkish ambassador|first=Naveed|last=Siddiqui|date=26 February 2019|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305194935/https://www.dawn.com/news/1465978|archive-date=5 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[United Arab Emirates]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/uae-condemns-terrorist-attack-on-police-force-in-kashmir-1.1550218523466|title=UAE condemns terrorist attack on police force in Kashmir|newspaper=Gulf News|date=15 February 2019|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035341/https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/uae-condemns-terrorist-attack-on-police-force-in-kashmir-1.1550218523466|archive-date=16 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Business Standard]]|title=UK condemns 'senseless' Pulwama attack|date=16 February 2019|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/uk-condemns-senseless-pulwama-attack-119021600017_1.html|archive-date=13 April 2019|access-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413193207/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/uk-condemns-senseless-pulwama-attack-119021600017_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> condemned the attack, as did the [[United Nations Secretary-General]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/un-secretary-general-antonio-guterres-condemns-pulwama-terror-attack-1993835|title=UN Chief Condemns Pulwama Terror Attack|date=15 February 2019|access-date=15 February 2019|publisher=NDTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215013543/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/un-secretary-general-antonio-guterres-condemns-pulwama-terror-attack-1993835|archive-date=15 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> China and Turkey also defended Pakistan's efforts to fight terrorism.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurasiantimes.com/turkey-rejects-indian-allegations-on-pulwama-attack-pakistan-media/|title=Turkey Rejects Indian Allegations on Pulwama Attack: Pakistan Media|first=EurAsian|last=Times|date=22 February 2019|website=EurAsian Times: Latest Asian, Middle-East, EurAsian, Indian News|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227181958/https://eurasiantimes.com/turkey-rejects-indian-allegations-on-pulwama-attack-pakistan-media/|archive-date=27 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/435666-pulwama-attack-turkey-rejects-indian-allegations|title=Pulwama attack: Turkey rejects Indian allegations|website=thenews.com.pk|date=23 February 2019 |access-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227182103/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/435666-pulwama-attack-turkey-rejects-indian-allegations|archive-date=27 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|title=China offers support for Pakistan counterterrorism efforts after Pulwama attack|date=26 February 2019|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2187697/china-pakistan-discuss-pulwama-terror-attack-ahead-summit-india|archive-date=13 April 2019|access-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413193609/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2187697/china-pakistan-discuss-pulwama-terror-attack-ahead-summit-india|url-status=live}}</ref> China placed a temporary block on a [[UN Security Council]] resolution following the attack, which was backed by all other permanent members of the council, to designate JeM leader [[Masood Azhar]] as a global terrorist.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Economic Times]]|title=Russia to back 'ban Azhar' proposal: Working on China for support|date=13 March 2019|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/russia-to-back-ban-azhar-proposal-russia-working-on-china-for-support/articleshow/68384457.cms|archive-date=17 March 2019|access-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317134459/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/russia-to-back-ban-azhar-proposal-russia-working-on-china-for-support/articleshow/68384457.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Iran]]'s Deputy Foreign Minister [[Abbas Araghchi]] met with India's [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs Minister]] [[Sushma Swaraj]] and referring to both the 2019 Pulwama attack and the [[2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing]], he stated that Iran and India would work together to prevent future attacks.<ref name="IT2019">{{cite magazine |title=Enough is enough, says Iran in talks with India after Pak-based terror groups attack both countries |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/enough-is-enough-says-iran-s-deputy-foreign-minister-during-meet-with-sushma-swaraj-on-terrorism-1457980-2019-02-17 |magazine=[[India Today]]|date=17 February 2019 |access-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219085552/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/enough-is-enough-says-iran-s-deputy-foreign-minister-during-meet-with-sushma-swaraj-on-terrorism-1457980-2019-02-17 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Legacy==
The [[Indian cricket team]] paid tribute to the 40 soldiers killed in the Pulwama attack by wearing the camouflage caps instead of the usual sky blue team India cap, during the third [[One Day International]] match with Australia in [[Ranchi]].<ref name="Associated Press" /> Pakistan objected to this gesture and Pakistani Information Minister [[Fawad Chaudhry]] and Foreign Minister [[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]] called the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) to ban the Indian team for allegedly mixing cricket with politics.<ref name="DAWN10March">{{cite news |last1=Siddique |first1=Imran |title=PCB to ask ICC for action against India for 'politicising' cricket with army caps |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1468805/pcb-to-ask-icc-for-action-against-india-for-politicising-cricket-with-army-caps |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=Dawn |location=Pakistan |date=10 March 2019 |archive-date=13 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313190205/https://www.dawn.com/news/1468805/pcb-to-ask-icc-for-action-against-india-for-politicising-cricket-with-army-caps |url-status=live }}</ref> After a complaint from the [[Pakistani Cricket Board]],<ref name="News18_9March">{{cite news |title=Pakistan Demands ICC Action Against India for Wearing Military Cap |url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/pakistan-demands-icc-action-against-india-for-wearing-military-cap-2061525.html |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=News18 |date=9 March 2019}}</ref> The ICC clarified that the Indian team had requested and was granted permission to wear the camouflage caps as a part of fundraising drive and to pay tribute to the soldiers killed in the attack.<ref name="Associated Press">{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Rizwan |title=ICC says India sought permission to wear camouflage caps |url=https://www.apnews.com/70ae704d631045f289e7bfc86b8a35b9 |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=Associated Press News|date=11 March 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur]]
* [[2016 Uri attack]]
* [[2019 Balakot airstrike]]
* [[India–Pakistan relations]]
* [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[List of terrorist incidents in India]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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