The ongoing standoff between India and Pakistan triggered by the Pahalgam terror attack is unlike any in the past. This time, ‘non-state actors’ like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are on the same page ideologically as Pakistan’s Islamist Army Chief Asim Munir. In Episode 1654 of #CutTheClutter Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at how both countries resolved past standoffs, why the 2001 Parliament attack marked a turning point, and what makes the post Pahalgam standoff more serious.
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