Tensions had been rising since an April attack on Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Tensions had been rising since an April attack on Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had convened on Thursday a meeting of his secretaries to discuss “national preparedness."

ABC News’ Ian Pannell and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy discuss the tensions in the region.

Retired Col. Stephen Ganyard, an ABC News contributor, discusses the ramifications of the latest escalation in the conflict between India and Pakistan.

The attacks targeted nine sites of "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Indian Defense Ministry. Pakistan called it an “act of war.”