Increasingly Heating, Pakistan Missile Tests, India Orders Military Exercises

JAKARTA - Pakistan carried out a second missile test in three days, while India has ordered several states to conduct security exercises, as fears of rising neighboring countries could engage in confrontations over the deadly attack on the dollar.

Moody's warned the deadlock could hinder Islamabad's economic reforms as the world's major countries called for a remain calm.

Relations between the nuclear-armed countries have deteriorated since gunmen killed 26 people on April 22 in an attack targeting Hindu tourists in India'shuge, the worst attack on civilians in India in nearly two decades.

India accuses Pakistan of involvement. Islamabad denies the allegations but says it has intelligence that New Delhi intends to immediately launch a military action against it.

The two countries have closed their land borders, stopped trading, and closed airspace to their respective airlines. There was reportedly a small gun battle at the guilty border.

India's interior ministry asked several states to conduct mock security exercises on May 7 to ensure civilian readiness, government sources told Reuters on Monday.

They did not say which state or state Pakistan orbang.

The drills will include air attack warning sirens, evacuation plans, and people's training to respond in the event of an attack, the source continued, asking not to be named.

Earlier, Pakistan's military said it had tested the Fatah's surface-to-surface-surface missile with a range of 120 km (75 miles), two days after the launch of Abdali's successful surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 450 km. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the test launch, which successfully "shows clearly Pakistan's defense is in strong hands".

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told reporters there is no open communication channel with India at this time.

The Himalayan guilty region has been at the heart of hostilities for decades, opening up new tabs between predominantly Hindu India and Islamist Pakistan, both of which claim to be full but master some.

India accuses its neighbors of supporting Islamic separatists who fight security forces in its territory. Pakistan says it only provides diplomatic and moral support foripelagos who want to determine their own destiny.