Hostilities between India and Pakistan have intensified after a deadly militant attack in the contested Kashmir region killed twenty-six people on Tuesday. New Delhi has blamed its neighbor for the attack, but Islamabad has denied any involvement. The aftermath has led to a series of reprisals and raised fear of military escalation between the two nuclear-armed rivals. Indian officials said that their troops exchanged fire with Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir on Friday. CFR Senior Fellow Manjari Chatterjee Miller explains what happened and what might come next.
Expert Brief by Manjari Chatterjee Miller
April 25, 2025 5:17 pm (EST)
Manjari Chatterjee Miller is a senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, and professor of international relations and Munk chair in Global India at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto.
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