India and Pakistan are clashing! The two armies are exchanging fire at the border, and the Modi government has ordered the dam to stop the flow of water, threatening the safety of hundreds of millions of people in Pakistan!
The Indian military claimed that on the evening of the 24th local time, the Pakistani army was suspected of shelling an Indian military sentry post on the actual control line of Kashmir. The Indian security forces then carried out a "effective counterattack". Since the Indian side emphasized small arms fire, it is highly likely that both sides used small-caliber mortars and grenade launchers to shoot at each other.
This incident has not yet been confirmed by the Pakistani side, but at this stage, the possibility of small-scale conflicts breaking out between the two armies at the border is indeed not low.
A few days ago, an attack in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region left 26 dead, and the Modi government immediately pointed the finger at Pakistan. India and Pakistan have once again fallen out over the Kashmir issue. The two countries' borders have been closed, and both sides have expelled some of each other's diplomats and citizens.
India also unusually suspended a 60-year-old water resources cooperation agreement, intending to reduce the downstream water flow of the Indus River and its tributaries by stopping the flow of dams and storing water, leaving large areas of agricultural regions in Pakistan without water, and threatening the safety of hundreds of millions of people downstream, forcing Pakistan to give in.
India's move exactly shows why they are highly nervous about infrastructure construction in some river upstream areas of their northern neighbor. Because India completely measures others by themselves, they believe that the northern neighbor will also act recklessly like them, regardless of possible humanitarian disasters.
Back to India and Pakistan, the two countries' armies are now on high alert. It is widely believed outside that both sides will eventually have a certain scale of military conflict. Now it depends on whether India will take the initiative to act for "retaliating against Pakistan", or whether Pakistan will be forced to act due to the water resources issue.
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