Pakistan - Atommacht unter Druck

On April 22, a terrorist attack targeting Indian tourists in Kashmir reignited the conflict between New Delhi and Islamabad over this Himalayan region, which has been fiercely contested since 1947 and the partition of the British Indian Empire. Although it ended with a ceasefire agreed on May 10, this violent episode, which caused the deaths of dozens of people on both sides of the border, raised the specter of nuclear war between the two neighbors, both of which possess the ultimate weapon. For Pakistan, this threat adds to the many internal dangers weighing on the country's future.