Relations between Pakistan and India plummeted to a new low after August 2019, when India scrapped the longstanding special status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Islamabad to downgrade its diplomatic ties with New Delhi. In November, when India hosted a dialogue on Afghanistan, National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf announced that he would not attend the meeting. The status quo should likely remain intact unless an untoward incident, like a big terror attack in India, will lead to further complications in the ties,” he said. In August 2019, India scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and unilaterally bifurcated the erstwhile state in two union territories. ‘Afghanistan battleground’According to analysts, the situation in Afghanistan may create more friction between the two neighbors in the future.

Source: Pakistan Today December 28, 2021 17:48 UTC