JAMMU:  Congress general secretary Gulam Ahmed Mir on Monday strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, denouncing it as inhumane and barbaric, and said the party supports the government’s initiatives aimed at safeguarding the country and restoring peace and normalcy.

Mir, the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Jammu and Kashmir, highlighted the countrywide protests against the terror strike, emphasising that India is united in its response to this dastardly attack.

Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, were killed and several injured when terrorists opened fire at a meadow near the popular tourist town of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on April 22.