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Kashmir vacationer assault stokes long-held tensions between India and Pakistan amid fears of navy escalation

By Editorial Board Published April 24, 2025 5 Min Read
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Kashmir vacationer assault stokes long-held tensions between India and Pakistan amid fears of navy escalation

It is a crime scene that might have international penalties.

Two nuclear-armed neighbours with a long time of hostility and distrust are threatening one another once more after a militant gun assault in disputed Kashmir.

India and Pakistan have fought a number of wars and skirmishes since their independence from Britain in 1947.

The most recent flashpoint is Tuesday’s homicide of vacationers who had been having fun with holidays in a meadow in Pahalgam, generally known as mini-Switzerland.

A bunch of militants opened fireplace, killing 26 males and injuring dozens extra.

India has accused Pakistan of harbouring, arming and sheltering militant organisations whose members infiltrate the virtually 500-mile border in Kashmir and assault the state.

Pakistan denies the accusation and says it solely helps Kashmiris’ proper to self-determination.

Leaders of each international locations have turned up the warmth, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling a rally within the east Indian state of Bihar that his authorities will “identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth”.

“Terrorism will not go unpunished. Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done.”

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Narendra Modi vows to track down Kashmir terrorists

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‘We’ll observe and punish Kashmir terrorists’

New Delhi’s diplomatic response included revoking visas, expelling navy advisers, closing a border crossing and suspending the Indus Water Treaty.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reacted at a gathering on Thursday of the nation’s nationwide safety committee, passing reciprocal measures and warning that the suspension of the treaty could be thought-about an act of battle.

Kashmiri men hold candles and placards as they condemn the tourists killing during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, April. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiris condemn the Pahalgam assault throughout a protest in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pic: AP

‘Unacceptable at any value’

Pakistan’s international minister Ishaq Dar mentioned “any such unilateral action is unacceptable at any cost”.

In 2019, a suicide bomber in a automobile killed 40 paramilitary troopers in a navy convoy.

Supporters of the Pakistan Murkazi Muslim League party chants slogans during a demonstration against the suspension of water-sharing treaty by India with Pakistan, in Karachi, Pakistan Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Supporters of the Pakistan Murkazi Muslim League get together protest towards the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. Pic: AP

India blamed Pakistan for giving shelter to Islamist terrorists and performed restricted airstrikes throughout the border. A tense stand-off between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours has lasted since.

Later that yr, Mr Modi’s authorities suspended the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir, the one Muslim majority state in India and introduced it instantly underneath the management of New Delhi.

The Kargil Battle in Might 1999 led to a stand-off usually described as a nuclear flashpoint.

Pakistan’s navy covertly occupied Indian posts throughout the road of management (LoC). After the battle started, Pakistan requested US President Invoice Clinton to assist de-escalate the battle.

The Indian military has been searching for the attackers

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The Indian navy has been looking for the attackers

The outcome was the Washington Accord, underneath which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif agreed to withdraw Pakistani troops and restore the LoC.

However the United Jihad Council, an umbrella organisation of extremist teams, rejected the deal and determined to proceed preventing the Indian state.

2008 Mumbai terror assault left 166 lifeless

The 2008 Mumbai terror assault was proof of this, when 166 individuals had been killed by 10 terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a gaggle alleged to have shut ties to Pakistan’s spy company, the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI).

The killings went on for 4 days at iconic locations throughout the town. The one gunman who was caught, Ajmal Kasab, mentioned the attackers had been members of the fear group earlier than he was executed in 2012.

For many years, Kashmir has been caught up within the vortex of violence, battle, killings and kidnappings.

Pakistan says Kashmir stays an unresolved dispute, and they’re going to proceed to assist the best of self-determination of its individuals.

People place candles after a march against the killing of tourists by militants near Pahalgam in Indian controlled Kashmir, in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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Protests in Ahmedabad towards the Pahalgam assault. Pic: AP

Pakistan’s ‘jugular vein’

Final week, the omnipotent Pakistan military chief Common Asim Munir mentioned Kashmir was their “jugular vein” and Islamabad “will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their heroic struggle”.

Kashmir is the crown over which the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours have fought wars and are in a perpetual state of stress.

The distrust between the 2 international locations has grown over time, and there’s little diplomatic manoeuvring to bridge that hole.

And, after the Pahalgaum assault, there’s each likelihood of an escalation that may very well be devastating to its individuals.

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