India and Pakistan walk conflict tightrope: analysts.
With tit-for-tat air raids across their hair-trigger border pushing India and Pakistan closer to all-out conflict, growing international concern is being fuelled by fears that the rivals are running out of escape routes, analysts say.
Public opinion in India, already at boiling point over a suicide attack in Kashmir that set off the hostilities, has been further inflamed by the capture of a downed Indian air force pilot, and video images showing him being slapped by a mob and interrogated. India has yet to respond to Khan’s suggestion of direct talks, and the Pakistani leader’s offer was couched in an ominous warning about the potentially catastrophic consequences of any further escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals
"We are getting mixed signals, there is nothing reassuring yet," said one western diplomat in New Delhi.Indian and Pakistani fighter planes fought a brief skirmish Wednesday over Kashmir. Pakistan said it had downed two Indian fighters, while India confirmed it had lost one plane and claimed it had shot down a Pakistani jet.
The fate of the captured India pilot could be key, with Pakistan saying Thursday it would consider returning him if it would help defuse the situation. In Pakistan, security analyst and columnist Farrukh Pittafi said"the next few days are important in terms of normalisation of the situation because we have one Indian pilot POW."
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