There have been deaths in the air strikes made by India and Pakistan on each other. The exact figures are difficult to determine. It is also difficult to say precisely where people were killed and how many planes have been shot. Truth is always one of the first victims of any war or extreme tension between two nations.
This tragedy drew attention, but the continuous death of cashmiris during decades of shooting through the control line on both sides remained widely ignored.
In the case of the current conflict, the situation was further aggravated by the media and the hysteria flowing through the border. Most of the worst aspects of this come from India. There have of course been answers from Pakistan, but to a certain extent, this is inevitable.
However, some of the same, the tiktok images, caricatures and other uses to which social media has been put, do not suggest that there is a realization of what war really means for families who lose children or other members and with soldiers who must exercise their functions in accordance with orders.
There are also other types of losses in this war. One is the fact that the exchange of reactions on social networks, obviously false news and the most evidenced AI images by India and other types of cliché remarks do nothing to strengthen confidence between people who share a long history in common. We have lost so much to lose this confidence. In one way or another, it must be restored.
It is regrettable that the loss of this trust, mainly because of the policies followed by the government of the extremist BJP led by Modi, has constantly represented Pakistan and, in fact all Muslims, including the millions that live in India, as enemies. There is for the moment nothing resembling bilateral relations between the two countries. It is true that talks at a lower level take place to sort the questions, including trade, which exists at different levels.
But it is not enough. We need a large -scale dialogue at any time to resolve the difficulties that the two nations are confronted. It is a good sign that the hotline has already been opened between the two nuclear weapons. Pakistan and India both spend huge quantities over their military arsenals.
According to a defense and armaments reflection group, India and Pakistan both spend billions for their defense. These may not be huge quantities compared to certain other countries, well below the huge expenses of the United States and Russia, but are still a lot.
And the truth is that all kinds of nuclear calamity between the two nations, perhaps triggered by a misunderstanding or the accidental launch of a missile, would trigger a disaster that would not only destroy the two nations themselves, but also a large part of the rest of the globe.
These talks can prevent such calamity from taking place, even if we are committing to social media imagery and the exchange of various types of insults and abuses on the different platforms available for the two countries, including Twitter or X, which has recently been blocked in Pakistan, allowing Pakistanis to retaliate to the Indian diatribe that we see on this forum.
It is encouraging to note that the nations who are currently trying to ensure that a kind of calm has returned to the region seems to be successful in their task for the moment. But it is a longer term problem. Pakistan and India must change a certain degree of ability to talk to each other and negotiate things, just like other nations that are neighbors. We have already seen what damage hate can lead to the many wars fought in modern times.
The conflict in the Middle East is an example of the last age. There are many others around the world and on all its continents. The lessons of the latter must be taught and taught to people, in particular to young people, who have learned very little in their schools and other institutions, and who display the most irresponsible content, sometimes to laugh at Tiktok and other media. There is nothing comic at a distance in war.
Aside from these questions, there is also the question of the Kashmiris themselves. Currently, those who are close to the loc are experiencing constant fear, with reports from Azad Jammu and cashmere (AJK) declaring that families were sleeping in the air open to avoid shooting on the Indian side. There is no doubt that this is also true on the other side.
The situation of the Kashmiris has been extremely difficult since 1947. The situation has worsened since the cashmere was actually annexed by the Modi government and the attempts made to transform it into a part of India.
The endless struggles of the cashmere people and the difficulties they have been confronted with should not be forgotten in the current exchange of rhetoric and rant aimed at countries with each other. These people, after all, are the worst people of this and the previous conflicts that took place in cashmere.
A method must be found to put the genius back in the bottle. The way this will happen is not clear at present. We know that the United States is in the photo, at the level which is possible under a configuration led by President Donald Trump, and makes some efforts to restore normality. The same goes for other nations and individuals in both countries, including peace activists and other important people in their communities.
This is particularly difficult to achieve in India and more and more, also in Pakistan. But we hope that their efforts will end current tensions and a return made to the situation that existed before fighter planes fly over Pakistan. From that moment, there should then be an effort to restart dialogue to a certain level and end the threats that have already been made.
The writer is an independent columnist and former editor -in -chief of newspaper. It can be reached: [email protected]
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