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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent

India and Pakistan can ill afford war, but who will talk them down?

Protesters holding flags and banners
Supporters of the Pakistan People’s party protest against India in Karachi after the missile strikes. Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images

The uneasy calm that had settled over India and Pakistan in the past two weeks was swiftly shattered in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

In the days that followed the deadly attack that killed 25 Indian tourists and a guide in Kashmir in late March, the Indian government made it clear it held Pakistan responsible – and it intended to avenge the deaths.

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