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The Global Peace Index 2025 identifies the Kashmir conflict as a major nuclear flashpoint, highlighting Indian brutalities since 1989 that killed 40,000 people. It notes that India has turned IIOJK into the world’s most militarized zone, while Pakistan’s AJK hosts only around 60,000 troops.Punchlines India’s unprovoked missile strike on Pakistan in May 2025 over Pahalgam exposed its reckless militarism, risking …

Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts appear to have borne fruit as the US Department of State has expressed hope that President Donald Trump will help resolve the longstanding Kashmir dispute during his tenure in office. This correspondent had submitted questions to the State Department, inquiring about the recent engagement between Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, and a Pakistani …

Even as India was gearing up to use its military to strike at Pakistan this week, calling it revenge for a terrorist strike in Kashmir last month, the government was pursuing other forms of power projection as well: bloodless and more refined, and mostly aimed at Pakistan’s economic vulnerability. On Friday, May 9, the executive board of the International Monetary …

As tensions continue to rise between India and Pakistan following the Kashmir incident, the United States has stepped in diplomatically, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio preparing to speak with foreign ministers of both countries to urge calm and avoid further escalation. “We are reaching out to both parties, and telling, of course, them to not escalate the situation,” US …