US Envoy Declares J&K 'Important Part of India,' Igniting Pakistan Firestorm

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor dropped a diplomatic grenade in Srinagar this week, calling Jammu and Kashmir an "important part of India" during his first visit to the Union Territory — the first such trip by a US ambassador in six years. The remark, made after a meeting with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, sent Islamabad into a tailspin. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry swiftly summoned the US Charge d'Affaires in Islamabad, lodging a formal demarche and "categorically...