Tensions Continue to Escalate Between India and Pakistan over Disputed Kashmir Region

Tensions Continue to Escalate Between India and Pakistan over the Disputed Kashmir Region bordering the northern parts of both countries.

At least 26 Pakistani civilians are dead and many more are injured after Indian strikes hit nine targets inside Pakistan. 

With both countries armed with a nuclear arsenal, concerns of an all out regional war continue to rise.

Image: Image: Shutterstock – Amid tear smoke gas Kashmiri Muslim protesters hurling stones on the police forces during the clashes erupted between Indian government forces and mobs, on 16 June 2018, in Kashmir’s Anantnag town.

Produced By: Perry Livingston-Slade

Featured In Story: Professor Ian Hall – Griffith University, and John McCarthy – High Commissioner to India 2004-2009

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 7 May 2025