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Tensions Between Pakistan and India Escalate Over Weekend

HeadlineMay 27, 2002

Tensions between Pakistan and India escalated over the weekend, after Pakistan defied international calls for restraint and tested two nuclear-capable missiles. After the successful firings, Pakistan’s chair of the Joint Chief of Staff called Pakistan’s defenses impregnable and said the massing troops on the border and “coercive attitude of any power could not frighten the valiant armed forces of Pakistan.” But the Indian prime minister on Sunday played the terrorist card with the West. He said, “We want to tell the international community that when the whole world is united against terrorism, the U.S. forces are in Afghanistan, why should we bear these acts of terrorism, and for how long?” The Indian prime minister received support from President Bush, who urged Pakistan to prevent cross-border attacks into Kashmir.

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