Nuclear neighbours on the brink of war
FEB 25 Indian jets bomb “suicide bombers” in Balakot, northern Pakistan Kashmir (Pakistan control) full of miscalculation. My question is that, given the weapons we have, can we afford miscalculation? “We should sit down and talk.” PM Theresa May said she was “deeply concerned about rising tensions between India and Pakistan” and called for “restraint on both sides.” US secretary of state Mike Pompeo urged the nations to avoid “further military activity”. The clashes started after a suicide car bombing by Pakistan-militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed 40 Indian military police on February 14. The possibility of war rose on FEB 14 Suicide bomber attacks Indian convoy in Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir (India control) Tuesday with an Indian air strike on a militant training base in Balakot, 30 miles inside Pakistan, targeting Jaishe-Mohammed ( JeM), the group behind the suicide attack.
Indian foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale said “a very large number” of militants were killed in the strikes in north-east Pakistan. But Pakistan said it was a failure and denies harbouring JeM, an al-Qaeda-linked group primarily aimed at attacking India.
Yesterday, Pakistan said two Indian jets had been shot down after entering Pakistani airspace while responding to a Pakistani aerial mission on targets in Indian Kashmir.
The Pakistan governare a year £43.6billion 1.4million 130 to 140. ment released a video of what it said was one of the Indian pilots who had been shot down.
The man, whose face is bloodied, gives his name and service number before telling a man questioning him: “I’m sorry sir, that’s all I’m supposed to tell you.”
But a spokesman for India’s foreign ministry said the Pakistani air strikes had been “foiled”. He added that one Pakistani plane was shot down and landed in Pakistani territory and claimed India lost one plane, not two, with the pilot “missing in action”. He said: “Pakistan claimed he is in custody. We’re ascertaining the
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