Abhinandan Varthamans fighter jets shot down on Wednesday in what was the first publicly confirmed luftstriderna between Pakistan and India in 48 years. Local people in the pakistani village of Horran then rushed to the crash site and, according to the BBC, have begun to throw stones against the pilot.
Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan announced to submit Varthaman to India as a ”fredsgest”, and during the Friday afternoon Swedish time and was once a fact.
delayed the process by over four hours, but at 21.20 local time, the channel display images on the moment when the pilot walked over the border.
He was met by cheering crowds who waved the indian flag and welcomed him back with a giant flower garland. A filmmaker in Bollywood has already applied for the rights to a film entitled ”Abhinandan”, the pilot’s first name, writes The Guardian.
”Welcome home! The nation is proud of your exemplary courage”, greeted Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Twitter.
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means a dramatic shift in the atmosphere between India and Pakistan, writes NDTV. The two countries have stepped up the aggression in the contested Kashmirområdet since a deadly terrorist attack against the indian security forces two weeks ago, an act that the islamist terrorrörelsen Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed. On Friday died, at least eleven people in strife at the border, reports TT.
Imran Khan has invited to talks with India, and a further sign that tensions looks to light is that Pakistan on Friday re-opened the airspace to commercial traffic.
the nuclear powers can easily flare up again. India is not satisfied with Pakistan, according to the country’s sense, allows terrorist organisations like the Jaish-e-Mohammed operating in the country. Pakistan, on its part, claims that it does not have any terrorist group on its soil.
Barkat Hussain, who is the chairman of the Swedish Kashmirkommittén and raised in the pakistani part of Kashmir, is confident that the conflict will flare up again.
– It can happen to the acute phase of the crisis calms down now. But it is only for the moment.
peace requires that the resolution adopted by the UN in 1948, is implemented, he believes. The resolution provides for a referendum to determine the future of the region, something that India has been vigorously opposed.
– Unless the UN resolution is implemented, will we get to see the continued suffering of the population, continued unrest and the risk of a nuclear war, says Barkat Hussain.
