As tensions grow,some say a decisive India-Pakistan clash might be better than a status quo that satisfies no oneThe sonorous pre-dawn call to prayer mingled with the roar of warplanes last week in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. Less than 100 miles from the Himalayan city, and two nuclear-equipped armies were fighting duels in the sky.It was a week of milestones in the abysmal relationship between the subcontinent’s two biggest powers: the first time India bombed Pakistani territory in five decades; the first publicly acknowledged dogfight between their jets in as many years; and the closest the pair have near to war so far this century.
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Source: theguardian.com