World on the brink of a nuclear war?

"A cease Fire agreement conducted between Pakistan and India" claimed by Donald J. Trump

May 10, 2025 - 12:45
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World on the brink of a nuclear war?
Cease Fire deal between Pakistan and India

In few past days, world was on a brink of a nuclear war as the tensions between the two nuclear armed states of South Asia were at peak high.  

And suddenly, out of no where a tweet from the social media account of Donald J. Trump  came and got viral that both the countries of Pakistan and India has agreed on a Cease Fire after the weeks of chaos.

On his Truth Social platform, he made the surprise announcement that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire – all the more unexpected as, just days before, Vice President JD Vance had insisted the conflict was “fundamentally, none of our business.”

Basically, current tensions between two states , sparked by the shocking terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last month – in which 26 people, mainly tourists, were shot dead by rampaging gunmen India instantly blamed Pakistan for backing this massacre.

India single handedly, make the decision to suspend the Indus water  treaty of 1960 and cut almost all diplomatic ties with western neighboring country Pakistan. Pakistan denied the allegations and invite India to investigate this incident through any third party upon which they both can agree.

The situation goes worsen when on the midnight of 6 and 7th of may, India launched a series of missile attacks on Pakistan claiming that his targets are only terrorist camps. While Pakistan claimed that almost 35 civilians causalities occurred in this air strike.

 

Pakistan retaliate and claimed to destroy 5 Indian  war jets including 2 French made Rafale and 3 others also. But India denied that . On 8th of may, India again started attacking the air space of Pakistan by sending Israeli made war drones which was mostly intercepted by Pakistan.

Moreover,  On the night of 9th may, India attacked air bases of Paksitan and claimed to destroy them. In answer to to this, Pakistan , responded and came out with all the guns blowing and gave a hard response to other side by destroying a missile depot and almost 20 of air bases.

 

Members of the media film the inside of a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, on May 7.

Members of the media film the inside of a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, on May 7. 

 

Indian officials have denied any losses, but evidence obtained by CNN suggests some planes were downed.

Still, the escalating attacks deep inside Indian and Pakistani territory seem to have focused minds in Washington, which has clearly pressured both sides to step back from the brink.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he and Vance had spoken to the political and military leadership in India and Pakistan to secure agreement before the situation deteriorated further.

 

Just hours before the ceasefire announcement, India had struck Pakistani military bases provoking a furious retaliation from Pakistan, which launched rockets, artillery and drone strikes on dozens of locations in India, provoking growing nationalistic calls for retribution.

There are conflicting accounts of how the ceasefire was negotiated. While Islamabad praised US involvement, New Delhi downplayed it – keen to portray the ceasefire as a victory and saying that the neighbors had worked together “directly” on the truce.

Whatever the US role was exactly, the White House was frankly pushing on an open door – it is in neither India’s nor Pakistan’s interest for the conflict to continue.

The truce is also exactly the kind of quick deal Trump hoped he could broker elsewhere, such as in Ukraine, where conflict with Russia has been dragging on for nearly three and a half years.

In comparison, the intense fighting between India and Pakistan seems to be over after just three and a half days.

But this Trump truce may not herald a lasting peace.

Even a few hours into the ceasefire, reports emerged of violations in the form of explosions in Indian-administered Kashmir and allegations of ongoing cross border attacks. This may settle down as the truce takes root.

But there is a bigger problem too: the US-brokered ceasefire agreement will not go anywhere near addressing the fundamental grievances fueling the decades-long dispute over the status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan and has a separatist, independent movement.

The latest confrontation over Kashmir may be coming to a end, but it is likely to return with a vengeance.

Lets hope this cease fire continues to decades and both nuclear armed states should resolve their disputes on the table of talks , not in the air battles or nor on the borders of each other with artillery as war leads only to destruction not to solutions.

 

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