India and Pakistan were fighting over the territory of Kashmir, but will the pandemic keep the war from igniting, or will it make it even more likely to start?
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There have been heightened diplomatic and military tensions between India and Pakistan since New Delhi let go of the semi-autonomous status of Kashmir in August. It was India's only Muslim-majority state.
It seemed that war was likely considering the ceasefire violations and Pakistan's ready-to-fight words to India. A breach of battle seemed pretty iminent, a scary thought considering both sides are nuclear.
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Then the global coronavirus pandemic hit, and India and Pakistan have been forced to confront COVID-19 rather than each other. The virus is an equally dangerous threat to them both considering both countries have a relatively poor health infrastructure. Only time will tell if the crisis is enough to quell the tension between the war-torn countries.