Neighbors on Edge

India and Pakistan’s Cold War is heating up.

Tuesday night into Wednesday, India launched an airstrike on Pakistan in response to last month’s attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir—an attack Pakistan continues to deny any involvement in.

India says its offensive this week targeted nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites; Pakistan says six areas were hit—none of which harbored militants—killing 31 people and injuring 57 others. Pakistan further claimed it shot down 25 Indian drones on Wednesday, while India claims Pakistan sent its own drones and missiles across the border, killing at least 16 Indian civilians. 

As India-Pakistan tensions rise, global leaders are urging the South Asian neighbors to keep the peace. The U.N. has called for “maximum military restraint,” saying further conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors could “easily spin out of control.”

Verse to consider when your neighbor turns on you… “He will settle disputes among many peoples and provide arbitration for strong nations that are far away. They will beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not take up the sword against nation, and they will never again train for war.”
Micah 4:3 (CSB) (read full passage)