Dia Hadid
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 12 Sep
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Well, President Trump had announced on his social media network that the two countries had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire. And then India's foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, made a short announcement. And he said Pakistan's director of military operations had called his Indian counterpart and they agreed to this.
That's right. Things felt very different a few hours ago. India had struck air bases in Pakistan, including one right near the capital, Islamabad. And Pakistan began a military operation called Iron Wall, and soldiers were filming themselves firing projectiles into India.
Yeah, this began on April 22, so not so long ago. That's when gunmen opened fire on tourists in a meadow in Indian-held Kashmir, and they killed 26 people. India said the group that claimed responsibility was a proxy linked to Pakistan's army.
Pakistan denied any connection but said it would defend itself, and then overnight Wednesday, India began military strikes, and the two countries had been exchanging fire every night since. And About 70 people have been killed on both sides, and most of the casualties were in Kashmir. That's the territory divided between India and Pakistan.
It's claimed by both and has been fought over repeatedly by both.
You know, it's so interesting, Scott, because for days analysts were saying that the Americans were not being serious. The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, they said was just making phone calls. And then Vice President J.D. Vance went on Fox on Thursday saying they wanted a de-escalation, but...
But, you know, then I spoke to Abdullah Khan. He's with the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies. And he told me America was waiting.
Yeah, Khan tells me that Pakistan was waiting for a moment that it could sell to its people that, you know, they had showed India. That would allow them to save face and step down. And India is trying to attract manufacturing from companies that are leaving China because of Trump's tariffs. It's not a time for war.
You're welcome, Scott.
Good morning, Laila.
Right. Well, the Pakistani army spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif, accused India of sending across 25 Israeli-made drones this morning. He says some of them flew over major population centres, including Karachi, which is the biggest city in the country with 20 million people, and crucially Rawalpindi, which is home to Pakistan's general military headquarters.
Sharif says they shot down all the drones, except for one that targeted an old airport in Lahore. He says four military personnel were injured and one civilian killed. Sharif just spoke to the media in English. That's a signal that his message is for the West.
What he's referring to there, Leila, is India's Hindu nationalist government, which had vowed retribution for a militant attack in late April, where gunmen opened fire on tourists in a meadow, killing 26. India blamed Pakistan for that attack. Pakistan says it's not connected, but it's that incident which triggered these escalations.
At this point, yes. But if I can step back a bit, when India struck Pakistan earlier this week, the Indian military had quickly signalled they were not seeking an escalation. And Pakistan said it shot down five Indian military aircraft. And analysts told me they were waiting to see if that would be enough for Pakistan to show its people that the army was defending the country.
Even this morning, the Pakistani deputy prime minister confirmed that national security advisers of both countries had spoken to each other. So it was looking hopeful. But then the accusation happened of India sending drones over Pakistani airspace. So Ajay Shukla, he is a retired Indian Army colonel, and he says any new development here changes all calculations.
Not so far, but India's foreign minister has just said if the country is attacked, there'll be a firm response. And it's important to remember already in this latest escalation, there are casualties, more than 30 people on the Pakistani side, including children, and more than 12 people killed in India.
And that doesn't even include the 26 people who were killed by gunmen in late April, which triggered this whole escalation.
Thank you, Leila.
Yeah, and most people were sleeping, eh? But a resident near one of the worst hit places in southern Pakistan recorded this audio. And even in a nearby town, one resident said the strikes woke up his family. This is Ajaz Rao.
Well, India's army says it struck militant training camps and what they call terror infrastructure. And many of those strikes were in Pakistani-held Kashmir. Kashmir is that Himalayan territory divided between India and Pakistan. It's claimed by both and it's at the heart of nearly every conflict between the two countries.
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