Pahalgam terrorist attack live: US urges Pakistan’s Sharif to condemn J&K terrorist attacks, cooperate

Whenever Pakistan’s army chiefs in a strong anti-Indian posture cause conflict with India, the influence of the Pakistani people is severe, not to mention the steep downward spiral in bilateral relations. In the past, when democratic institutions and Pakistan’s civil society attempted to engage in dialogue with India, ambitious generals usurped power and exacerbated the India-Pakistan divide.

General Ayub Khan began to decay by launching a war with India, and his protégé General Yahya Khan dismembered Pakistan by causing the crisis of 1971 and left behind a humiliation of military care for military failure. This humiliation aroused the ambitions of General Zia-ul-Haq, who was responsible for the next stage of Pakistan’s descendants to chaos.

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