Two narratives countering warmongering sentiment arising after the militant attack on Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam in India on April 22, 2025, and the subsequent escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan.

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

1972 — India and Pakistan sign a peace accord, renaming the ceasefire line in Kashmir as the Line of Control, a heavily fortified stretch of military outposts that divide the region between them. Both sides deploy more troops along the frontier, turning it into a heavily fortified stretch of military outposts.