Relations between India and Pakistan escalated with the killing of Burhan Wani by Indian security forces on 8 July 2016 . Anti-Indian protests started in all 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley . Protesters defied curfew with attacks on security forces and public properties . 20 21 The unrest led to a standstill in bilateral relations . Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh accused Pakistan of backing unrest in Kashmir . Tensions reached a boiling point when militants attacked an army base in the Indian-controlled side of Kashmir and killed 18 soldiers . Indian army military operations head Lieutenant-General Ranbir Singh claimed that there was evidence the attackers were members of an Islamist militant group in Pakistan
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