Pakistan and India – tension increases. “The invasion is inevitable”

After the assassination in Kashmir, in which 26 tourists were killed, the tension between India and Pakistan increased rapidly. India accuses the neighbor of supporting the perpetrators of the attack, Islamabad rejects the allegations and mobilizes the armed forces.

Six days ago, a terrorist attack on tourists in Kashmir occurred. 26 people were killed. India accused Pakistan About connections with the perpetrators of the assassination, which Islamabad definitely rejects.

The attack caused calls in India to take action against Pakistan, in which the majority are Muslims. India accuses Pakistan of supporting the rebels in Kashmir – a region to which the rights of both countries and which have already fought two wars – Reuters reminded.

– We strengthened forces because (India invasion – ed.) Is now inevitable. In this situation, some strategic decisions must be made and they have been made – said Minister Asif. He announced that the army informed the government about the possibility of an attack from India, but – as the agency emphasized – he did not explain why the army command assessed that “invasion is inevitable.”

A few hours later, the minister said that he did not say that the war would begin in the coming days. – I think it has been misinterpreted – he explained in an interview with the Geo TV station. Journalists “asked about the likelihood of war, to which I replied that the next two to three days would be crucial. (…) If nothing happened, then the immediate threat would pass” – he added.

Asif emphasized that other countries in the region are trying to alleviate the situation. “Pakistan is one hundred percent ready to face every combat situation if the country's sovereignty is threatened or if the war is imposed on him,” he declared.

After the attack in Kashmir, India identified two suspicious fighters as Pakistani. Islamabad denied that he would play any role in the assassination and called for a neutral investigation.

Atomic powers

India and Pakistan, nuclear powers, are shifting accusations in recent days and undertake mutual retaliation. After the coup, India closed the land border with Pakistan, canceled the water division agreement and reduced the rank of diplomatic relations. Pakistan issued Indian diplomats and military advisers, annulled visas for India citizens and closed the border crossing with the neighboring country. Security Council UN She called on both countries to maintain “maximum restraint”.

The disputed cashmere region, inhabited mainly by Muslims, belongs partly to India and partly to Pakistan. So far, no borderline has been regulated between them in this area. Formally, it is the so -called The control line, which separates the administered by India Ladakh, as well as Dżammu and part of Kashmir from the Kashmir part managed by the Pakistani side.

An anti -infitic rebellion has been going on in Indian Kashmir since 1989, which has already cost the lives of tens of thousands of people. Pakistan accuses her of supporting India.