Many in the region are preparing for a possible military confrontation between India and Pakistan because of a terrorist attack two weeks ago.

India and Pakistan have shut their only open land border and closed their airspace to each other's airlines. They have also barred all ships bearing the other's flag from visiting their ports, and said that their own ships will no longer visit the other's ports.

India has advanced the start date of four under-construction hydropower projects in the Kashmir region by months after suspending a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan that had slowed progress, according to an industry source and a government document.