Vance says US hopes Pakistan cooperates with India against Pakistan-based militants

A child from Pakistan places his hand on barbed wire as he waits to go to Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah border crossing, after India revoked visas and suspended visa services to Pakistani citizens, following an attack on tourists near Pahalgam in south Kashmir, near Amritsar, India May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that Washington hoped Pakistan would cooperate with India to hunt down Pakistan-based militants, and hopes that India's response to the recent Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir does not lead to a broader regional conflict.

"Our hope here is that India responds to this terrorist attack in a way that doesn't lead to a broader regional conflict," Vance said in an interview on Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" show.

"And we hope, frankly, that Pakistan, to the extent that they're responsible, cooperates with India to make sure that the terrorists sometimes operating in their territory are hunted down and dealt with," Vance added.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Leslie Adler and Costas Pitas)