By Alexandra Eckman
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| Kashmir |
New developments in the Kashmir conflict have now resurfaced in both India and Pakistan. According to The Korea Herald, many people believe that Pakistan has not benefitted much from this long ensued conflict, known as “one of the world’s longest-standing and most intractable conflicts.” The conflict has caused and incredible number of casualties for both countries, and is now causing a collapse in Pakistan’s economy, due to inflation and a large number of unemployed citizens focused on this conflict. Even citizens of the Kashmir region are becoming tired of this never-ending struggle, saying that this conflict “should certainly not come at the cost of our own survivals, and not when all that we will be able to offer them is a failed state,” according to The Korea Herald. From India’s standpoint, many people believe it’s time for them to take a stand and begin the process of forming a resolution over this conflict. The South Asian News Agency (SANA) has reported that the governments of both countries are getting ready to meet to come up with a new solution to this long standing issue. The prime minister of India has agreed to a discussion with the Pakistani government, but India is not hopeful that peace can be brought upon this issue because India does not believe that the Pakistani army is going to support the meeting, and it looks as if India believes they need all the support they can get in order to finally reach a decision over this issue. However, it was also recently reported by The Times of India that Pakistan is not ready to discuss this issue and is currently going to put in on the back burner for now due to their own internal political issues going on. It doesn’t seem like a good idea for Pakistan to put off this meeting because this conflict has been going on for so long and it has brought along so many problems and casualties and economic problems that it’s very likely it could only get worse and continue being a burden to Pakistan.
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