India-Pakistan Brink After April 2025 Pahalgam Attack
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- Kashmir remains one of the world's most contentious geopolitical flash points, the source states.
- India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbors sharing a tense border, came dangerously close to a major confrontation in April 2025 after militants attacked Indian tourists near the resort town of Pahalgam.
Why it matters: The April 2025 Pahalgam attack pushed nuclear-armed India and Pakistan dangerously close to a major confrontation, demonstrating how a single militant strike in disputed Kashmir can escalate bilateral tensions between two nuclear powers.
