India-Pakistan Military Escalation Over Kashmir

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated sharply in mid-2025 following a series of militant attacks in the Kashmir region that New Delhi attributed to Pakistan-backed groups. Both nations conducted cross-border strikes in May 2025, marking the most serious military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed states in over two decades, outpacing the 2019 Balakot airstrikes in scale with 40% more reported casualties. International pressure from the US and China helped broker a fragile de-escalation.