{"id":32900,"date":"2019-02-22T23:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T23:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32900"},"modified":"2019-02-22T23:23:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T23:23:51","slug":"donald-trump-calls-india-pakistan-standoff-very-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32900","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump calls India-Pakistan standoff ‘very dangerous’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US President Donald Trump has voiced alarm at the “very dangerous situation” between India<\/a> and Pakistan following a deadly attack<\/a> against Indian forces in Kashmir<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It’s very dangerous situation between the two countries,” Trump told reporters on Friday in the White House.<\/p>\n

“Right now there is a lot of problems between India and Pakistan<\/a>\u00a0because of what happened,” he said.<\/p>\n

Tensions have soared<\/a> between the nuclear-armed rivals since a suicide attack last week killed 42 soldiers in India-administered Kashmir, the deadliest attack in 30 years of armed rebellion in the Himalayan region.<\/p>\n

India has been demanding<\/a> action against armed fighters from Pakistan, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> under pressure from his Hindu nationalist base to show firmness weeks before he is set to call elections.<\/p>\n

The attack was claimed by Jaish-e-Mohammed<\/a>, an armed group based in Pakistan, although the suicide attacker came locally from India-administered Kashmir.<\/p>\n

Pakistan’s military on Friday warned India against any “misadventure,” saying it was capable of responding.<\/p>\n

India and Pakistan have fought three of their four wars over Kashmir since their partition following independence from Britain in 1947.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration last year cut off $300m in military aid to Pakistan, saying that Islamabad has not done enough to fight armed rebels at home or close safe havens for fighters in neighbouring Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Trump, however, added the US has developed a “much better” relationship recently with Pakistan and added that the US may set up some meetings with Pakistan.<\/p>\n

US envoys say Pakistan has an important role to play in Afghan peace talks, given its links to the Taliban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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