Tensions between India and Pakistan continue to rise following a deadly attack in Kasmir last week.

The two nuclear armed nations have been bitter rivals since their partition in 1947.

The attack in the disputed region that killed 26 people,mostly Indian, has brought the two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals close to a devastating conflict.

Earlier this week, Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif said that a military incursion by its neighbour India was “imminent” following the deadly attack in Kashmir last week.

He said the world should be “worried” about the prospect of a full-scale conflict involving the two nations, which both have nuclear weapons.

The GateWayPundit Reports: India accuses Pakistan of backing militancy in Kashmir, a disputed region both claim the countries have fought two wars over.

“We have reinforced our forces because it is something which is imminent now. So in that situation some strategic decisions have to be taken, so those decisions have been taken,” Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said in an interview with Reuters.

Asif said India’s rhetoric was ramping up and that Pakistan’s military had briefed the government on the possibility of an Indian attack.

He did not go into further details on his reasons for thinking an incursion was imminent.

India has said it has arrested two suspected militants were Pakistani, while Islamabad has denied any role and called for an external investigation.

Asif, who is a member Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party that has historically pursued peace talks with India, added that they would only use their nuclear weapons arsenal “there is a direct threat to our existence.”

The minister added that Islamabad had approached its allies in order ot brief them on the situation.

“Some of our friends in the Arabian Gulf have talked to both sides,” Asif said, without naming the countries.

China said on Monday it hoped for restraint and welcomed all measures to cool down the situation. Asif said the United States was thus far “staying away” from intervening in the matter.

Meanwhile, President Trump said last week India and Pakistan would figure out relations between themselves, but the State Department later said Washington was in touch with both sides, urging them to work towards a “responsible solution.”