Are India and Pakistan at risk of war?
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🗓️ 7 May 2025
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Summary
Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas is a place that many people describe as one of the most beautiful areas in South Asia: Kashmir. It has also been the site of a struggle between two major powers: India and Pakistan.
The Indian military said Wednesday that it had launched strikes against Pakistan in retaliation for last month’s militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that left at least 26 dead. These latest strikes killed at least 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. The escalation marks a turn in a decades-long conflict.
Today, co-host Elahe Izadi talks to South Asia correspondent Karishma Mehrotra about how the region got to this point and whether South Asia could be on the brink of war.
Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy and mixed by Sean Carter. It was edited by Maggie Penman and Ariel Plotnick. Thanks to Jesse Messner-Hage and Elana Gordon.
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| 0:00.0 | nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas is a place many people have called one of the most beautiful areas of South Asia, Kashmir. |
| 0:14.4 | Kashmir has also been the site of a struggle between two major powers, India and Pakistan. |
| 0:21.8 | This decades-long conflict has erupted at different times. |
| 0:25.6 | Just last month, gunmen killed tourists in India administered Kashmir. |
| 0:30.4 | India blamed a Pakistani separatist group. |
| 0:33.6 | Then this morning, India launched what it called retaliatory strikes, killing at least 31 civilians, |
| 0:41.1 | including two children, according to Pakistani officials. |
| 0:45.2 | These strikes mark an escalation. |
| 0:48.0 | And the stakes feel especially high right now, given that both India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons. Now, global leaders are on alert, |
| 0:57.8 | asking, could we be at the brink of war in South Asia? From the newsroom of the Washington Post, |
| 1:07.1 | this is Post reports. I'm Elahey-Izadi. It's Wednesday, May 7th. Today, how the conflict between |
| 1:14.9 | India and Pakistan began and where it might go from here. I speak with South Asia correspondent |
| 1:21.7 | Karishma Mayrotra, who joins me from Delhi. |
| 1:32.5 | Well, Khrushma, thank you for joining us. |
| 1:34.3 | Yeah, thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:38.5 | So you and I are talking Wednesday morning, my time. |
| 1:40.2 | It's Wednesday evening, your time. |
| 1:45.3 | What is the latest between India and Pakistan as of this moment? |
| 1:48.5 | Yeah, so we're still in a moment where a lot is still changing, so the numbers keep getting updated. |
| 1:51.3 | But last night or early this morning, Wednesday morning, around 1 to 2 a.m., |
| 1:58.1 | we got news that Indian armed forces had attacked multiple sites in both |
| 2:06.6 | Pakistan administered Kashmir and in Pakistan itself. |
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