India Arrests Over 500 In Kashmir As Pakistan Suspends Railway Service

[kag]

Source: Huffington Post

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian security forces have arrested more than 500 people since New Delhi imposed a communications blackout and security clampdown in divided Kashmir, where people remained holed up in their homes for a fourth day.

Pakistan, which claims the divided Himalayan region together with India, on Thursday suspended a key train service with India over change in Kashmir’s special status by New Delhi, as tensions between the rivals soared.


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Shit's getting real in Kashmir.

[IronLionZion]

1. Sounds like something a RW government would do

to stir up feelings of nationalism to distract from their weak economy

[kag]

2. Yeah.

There is a whole history of Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Vox did a good video about it. But yeah, India's PM seems to be a Trump-like asshole.

[IronLionZion]

5. Vox has an explainer for Modi's current actions

India’s risky Kashmir power grab, explained

https://www.vox.com/2019/8/5/20754813/india-kashmir-article-370-modi-hindu-muslim

This was a long-standing goal of Hindu nationalists

[Javaman]

7. the new government in India has been very nationalistic.

I fear another war coming.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

9. Pakisthan economy

has been booming.

[IronLionZion]

10. Indian economy has not. They just cut interest rates to stimulate growth

[obnoxiousdrunk]

11. Like we do

it here ?

[IronLionZion]

12. Not quite, we do tax cuts and rate cuts in a strong economy

to artificially prop it up, but nationalism is fairly standard for right wing governments everywhere including Trump's.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

13. On one side

we have a right wing nationalist government on t.he other an ISI run regime. What could go wrong ?

[bronxiteforever]

14. +1

[saidsimplesimon]

3. Nuclear equipped nations, what could go wrong?

China also has an interest in "protecting" its borders by expansion.

[sarisataka]

4. The situation in Kashmir

Should be getting way more attention than it has so far. It could quite easily lead to a fourth war between India and Pakistan, perhaps even involving China.
All of those countries have nuclear weapons.

[Me.]

8. Exactly

This is very, very serious

[Me.]

6. This Is Simply Terrible