US EditionFirst-ever nuclear war is the ultimate risk of India-Pakistan conflict, say experts
- In April 2025, a terrorist assault in Kashmir resulted in the deaths of more than two dozen individuals, predominantly Indian travelers, escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and raising concerns about potential nuclear conflict.
- India blamed Pakistan for the attack, suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, and launched retaliatory airstrikes in May, while Pakistan denied involvement and promised a forceful response.
- Both nations hold around 170 nuclear weapons each and have a history of conflict since 1947, with experts warning that even limited nuclear war could cause global famine and environmental disaster.
- A scientific study estimates that 16 to 37 teragrams of black carbon from such a war could cause nuclear winter, reducing crop yields over key farming regions by up to 11%, threatening worldwide food security.
- The escalating conflict underscores the urgent need for global diplomacy and disarmament since any nuclear exchange risks devastating humanitarian and environmental consequences globally.
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The shadow of nuclear power between India and Pakistan: there is no risk of a local war, but a global catastrophe
The war is always a defeat of humanity, wrote John Paul II. Yet, today, those words resonate as an unheard warning while India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, are exchanging increasingly harsh blows along the Control Line in Kashmir, a region contended for seventy years and now more than ever the powder keg in the world. The figures are raw: at least 38 deaths among civilians, dozens of wounded, entire villages upset by the crossfire. Delhi cl…
India-Pakistan conflict: The risk of escalation between two nuclear powers
The conflict between India and Pakistan escalated Wednesday with bombings from New Delhi against the neighbouring country and artillery crossfires in the disputed Kashmir region, which left dozens dead in the worst clashes between the two nuclear powers in decades.The hostilities erupted after an attack on 22 April in Pahalgam, in the Indian part of Kashmir, which caused 26 deaths.New Delhi is responsible for the action against Islamabad, which …
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