Kashmir Attack Fallout: Families Split as India and Pakistan Cancel Visas

Families seeking to connect across the tense border between India and Pakistan faced a chilling reality: despite their divergent reasons for crossing—a daughter’s wedding, a child’s first meeting with grandparents, or a woman’s long-unseen mother—they were barred from staying. India, following a terrorist attack in Kashmir it linked to Pakistan, ordered almost all Pakistani citizens out of the country. In response, Pakistan canceled most Indian citizens’ visas, escalating the conflict at their shared border.