Three wars later, there is no end in sight to the cross-border violence between India and Pakistan. Why precisely are these nations fighting each other and is there any hope for peace?
Simply final week, violence erupted on the Wagah border crossing which separates India from Pakistan. A suicide bomber killed more than 50 humans and injured greater than a hundred at a commonly popular military ceremony that takes place day-to-day at Wagah, a predominant alternate thoroughfare. The blast befell on the Pakistani aspect of the border, in a nearby car park adjoining to the highly guarded border crossing.
Enormous quantities of people were there to watch a day-to-day navy ceremony involving both Indian and Pakistani forces. Border guards from each and every country gown in typical uniforms and participate in a stern, choreographed ceremony, goose-stepping around one another. It is a primary enchantment for locals and vacationers alike, frequently drawing colossal crowds. Bleachers in both countries are set up and crowds sit down under gigantic banners that depict their respective founding fathers: Mahatma Gandhi (India) and Mohammed Ali Jinnah (Pakistan). Though tensions between the two countries stay tremendously high, this flag-reducing ceremony has taken position everyday, besides for interruptions for the duration of the 1965 and 1971 wars.
A couple of terrorist organizations have claimed responsibility for the attack, together with Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a bunch that lately break up off from the Pakistan Taliban. A spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar mentioned this assault served as a retaliation for these killed by the hands of the Pakistani military in North Waziristan. Others are speculating that the attack was a deliberate attempt to derail India-Pakistan relations even further. Even though Indian officers at the start planned to droop the ceremony following the assault, it went ahead as traditional on Monday.