US EditionRubio calls India and Pakistan in effort to defuse crisis over Kashmir attack
- On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reached out to high-ranking representatives from both India and Pakistan to help ease tensions following last week’s deadly incident in Kashmir.
- The escalation followed a deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 26 tourists, mostly Hindu men, leading India to accuse Pakistan of backing the attack, which Pakistan denies.
- Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire over six nights in the Kupwara, Uri, and Akhnoor sectors, with each side blaming the other for unprovoked ceasefire violations amid rising tensions.
- Rubio urged Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar and Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif to de-escalate, with the U.S. Reaffirming cooperation with India against terrorism and calling for peace and stability in South Asia.
- The crisis has led to diplomatic expulsions, border closures, airspace bans, and suspension of a key water treaty, signaling the highest regional tensions in years with risks of further conflict.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, during which he called for overcoming the disputes between New Delhi and Islamabad through political and diplomatic means.
India wants Kashmir attackers brought to justice, foreign minister tells Rubio - West Hawaii Today
India’s foreign minister said he has told Secretary of State Marco Rubio that perpetrators of the deadly attack in Kashmir last week should be brought to justice, as the U.S. sought to calm tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
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US urges restraint as Kashmir massacre tensions put India and Pakistan on edge
The United States is stepping up pressure on India and Pakistan to avoid conflict in Kashmir after a tourist massacre in an Indian-administered area of the divided territory last week.
Diplomacy in overdrive to avert military escalation
Amid seething tensions exasperated by angry rhetoric from the two nuclear-armed neighbours, Pakistan on Thursday went into a diplomatic overdrive in an attempt to prevent military escalation with India. In a flurry of diplomatic activity, the country's top leadership and diplomats in key Western capitals contacted leaders and envoys to brief them on fallacies in the Indian narrative about the Phalgam incident. The diplomatic push came a day afte…
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