New developments in the nuclear powers’ harrowing four-day conflict, along with entrenched religious nationalism on each side, could signal more frequent battles ahead.

India and Pakistan have been pushed a step closer to war after a gun massacre of tourists on April 22, their most serious confrontation in decades.

“The recent conflicts between India and Pakistan in the last decade have been short-lived, but this one seems to be taking a serious turn,” said the Mumbai-based Baliga. “As of now, it's a ‘wait and watch’ for investors.”

Poet Zareef Ahmed Zareef has watched India and Pakistan fight for decades over his homeland, the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. He was born in 1947, the same year India and Pakistan became independent nations and British colonial rule ended.

Efforts to mediate the India-Pakistan conflict are not going to work "unless the U.S. steps in with full sincerity," Praveen Donthi, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group, told NPR.

Pakistani officials have said Saturday’s ceasefire with India reestablished deterrence. But New Delhi insists the rules of engagement have irrevocably changed.

Indian missiles struck Pakistan and the Pakistani-ruled part of Kashmir, a territory both sides claim. These were in retaliation for a terrorist attack on April 22nd that killed 26 civilians in the part of Kashmir that India controls.

Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said India was committed to “non-escalation” provided that Pakistan reciprocated ... “It looks like a war here.” Vaid said explosions were heard from areas with military bases, adding it appeared that army sites ...

Thousands of migrant workers from Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh have fled industrial zones across Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat over the past fortnight, fearing escalation in India-Pakistan tensions.