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Pakistan, India can’t afford war: analysts
AFP
Sunday, Dec 28, 2008
The risk of war between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan has increased with the redeployment of troops along the common border, but neither can afford the cost of such a conflict, analysts say.
The two sides have raised tensions by whipping up war hype for domestic reasons since the Mumbai attacks last month, but must step back from the brink to focus on more pressing issues such as the spread of militancy, they say.
A war is even less likely as the United States, a key ally of both Islamabad and New Delhi, would suffer as a result, the experts warn.
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“The risk of war has increased with troop mobilisation,” Hasan Askari, a political analyst and former head of the political science department at the University of Punjab, told AFP.
“However this does not necessarily mean that the two countries will go to war. There are a number of considerations which impel the two sides not to cross the red line.”
Senior Pakistani security and defence officials said Friday the military had moved a “limited number” of troops fighting Taliban militants in the tribal areas near Afghanistan to the Indian border as a “minimum security” measure.
This followed intelligence intercepts indicating that India had put its forces on notice to move to the border and cancelled all leave, they said. An Indian army spokesman however told AFP that no troops had been moved.
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December 28th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Get the real culprits behind the attack and there will be no war between India and Pakistan.
December 28th, 2008 at 9:56 am
It’s those pesky database people again….again proof that software makes for bad nation builders…
December 28th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Wouldn’t be great if none of the governments of the world could afford to go to war.
December 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
in the Bush world, he says we can……………WE COULD NOT AFFORD ANY WAR>>>but he did.
December 29th, 2008 at 4:31 am
India needs to stop and think carefully, they are about to go to war for what every intelligence agency and most people around the world know, the fact that Indian government officials played a huge, or perhaps exclusive role in the mumbai attacks, india doesnt want to isolate itself from the world, especially when it has 1.3 billion people to look after, India doesnt want to follow the same road as america.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Who can afford a war?
I think this will not lead to a war because the justification is simply not great enough.
December 29th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
That is the point. The west sends in proxy radicals and armies to instigate the two through terrorism. Then India and Pakistan would finish each other off if there is a war, and Britain, France and U.S. elitist will be waiting in the wings to claim the remains. That, or they will just fans the flames so they can pretty much start an Asia focused World War. Diabolical. x(
December 30th, 2008 at 2:49 am
They should ask for a bailout.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:08 am
Don’t know when Pak indo stress will end, their relation was very excellent in last year, may be there are some person who don’t want to see us in high spirits and they are creating troubles in our way, if you look at history everything is going fine they start local buses, business, exchanging other business and even sports, and now …?? Just think what should be duty of one individual it does not matter its Pakistan or Indian; everyone wants peace and fantastic life, I will request to all give don’t make it big issue, think about the result, may be then we will find any good way
Thanks