A year after the four-day India-Pakistan conflict brought South Asia to the edge of a dangerous escalation, the region has drifted into a brittle and deeply uneasy equilibrium.
The crisis – triggered after a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, and culminating in military strikes by India and retaliatory action from Pakistan – lasted barely 90 hours.
But the conflict hardened political and diplomatic estrangement, leaving little space even for limited normalisation.
Formal diplomacy is almost non-existent now. The border is shut, trade is suspended, cricket ties remain severed and the Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance.
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