It is the first time that military aircraft has traversed the boundary since the last of three wars between the two countries ended in 1971. There are concerns that this could be the beginning of a fourth.
that the “pre-emptive” airstrike targeted a large training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammad group in Balakot, which claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. According to Gokhale, “a very large number of JeM terrorists … were eliminated,” but Pakistan has insisted there were no casualties or damage, and released pictures on social media to prove it.
Tensions are never far from the surface in India-Pakistan relations, with Kashmir almost always at the center. There are regular exchanges of gunfire across the line of control. But the air raid marks a worrying escalation. It is the first time that military aircraft has traversed the boundary since the last of three wars between India and Pakistan in 1971.
Already on Sunday, before the overnight Tuesday raid, India was readying to send a further 10,000 troops to Kashmir, while more than 150 suspected separatists have been arrested by authorities. Civilian attacks on Kashmiris have reportedly risen all across India, where Kashmiris are often subject to prejudice. Since 2014, the Hindu nationalism of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has further alienated Kashmir and Kashmiris. It took an intervention by the Supreme Court over the weekend, reminding Modi that he had a duty to protect all Indian citizens, for Modi to say that Kashmiris should be kept safe.
With elections on the horizon in May, some observers—like Pakistani senator and former ambassador Sherry Rahman, who spoke to
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