US Seeks to Stop India-Pakistan Tensions Sparking Wider Conflict

Vice President JD Vance said the US was working to ensure tensions between India and Pakistan don’t escalate into a broader regional conflict in the wake of an attack last week that killed dozens of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

“I’m worried about any time you see a hot spot breaking out, especially between two nuclear powers,” Vance said in a podcast interview with Bret Baeir of Fox News.

JD Vance

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Relations between the nuclear-armed nations have rapidly deteriorated after the attack, which India and the US have called an act of terrorism. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has accused ...