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Foreign Policy Live

Will India and Pakistan Go to War?

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Two nuclear-armed countries, India and Pakistan, are locked in their most serious conflict in two decades. Early Wednesday morning, after weeks of pledging to retaliate for the deadliest terrorist attack in more than a decade, India launched missiles across its border into Pakistan. Meanwhile, Pakistan claims it took down Indian fighter jets and has vowed to respond. FP’s Ravi Agrawal asks Tanvi Madan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, how far tensions could spiral. They discuss the options for de-escalation and what role external powers can play. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): Ravi Agrawal: How India and Pakistan Can Pull Back From the Brink Rishi Iyengar: A Tale of Four Fighter Jets Sumit Ganguly: What Is the Risk of a Conflict Spiral Between India and Pakistan? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief. This is FP Live. So as you listen to this, two nuclear

0:43.1

armed countries, India and Pakistan, are locked in their most serious conflict in two decades.

0:49.8

The death toll is rising from Indian military strikes on Pakistan, raising fears that two nuclear-armed rivals are moving closer to war.

0:59.0

Pakistan says it has shot down several Indian jets.

1:02.0

Five Indian Air Force jets and a drone.

1:05.0

This flashpoint began on April 22nd, when militants killed 26 civilians in Behulgam, a tourist resort in Indian-administered

1:13.9

Kashmir. It was the deadliest attack on civilians in India in more than 15 years. It was also

1:20.4

particularly provocative with the militants specifically targeting and shooting down non-Muslims.

1:28.0

Now, New Delhi says the militants were linked to Pakistan. Islamabad denies it, although there is a

1:34.7

history of such linkages. Either way, in the early hours of Wednesday, May the 7th, India

1:41.1

launched a series of coordinated strikes in Pakistan administered Kashmir and way beyond

1:47.8

into the rest of the country.

1:49.6

These strikes went deeper into Pakistan than at any point since 1971, attacking what

1:55.7

India says are terrorist sites.

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