WASHINGTON: The US State Department has urged both Pakistan and India to work toward a "responsible solution" amid escalating tensions between the two nations following the Pahalgam terror attack.Wh

In recent years, Pakistan has cultivated many friends over Islamism and shared geopolitical goals. However, none of them is likely to join it wholeheartedly in any conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.

Michael Kugelman, a Washington-based South Asia analyst and writer for the Foreign Policy magazine, said India is now a much closer U.S. partner than Pakistan.