Rising India-Pakistan Tensions Prompt Nuclear Fears

Concerns are growing about a potential conflict between nuclear-armed powers India and Pakistan after suspected militants fired on a group of tourists in Kashmir, India, killing 26 civilians, mainly Hindus, on April 22.

• Kashmir, a disputed borderland between India and Pakistan, has been a source of tension for decades.

Blame: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that the perpetrators would be “pursued to the ends of the world” and given “punishment beyond imagination.”

Authorities are investigating the violence, but tensions are already escalating between India and Pakistan. Pakistan denies any role in the massacre, but an organization called Kashmir Resistance claimed responsibility. India believes this organization is a front for an organization supported by the Pakistani military.

Indian government officials labeled the attack an act of terrorism against India. Eyes are on India to see whether it will respond militarily. Some fear that since both nations are nuclear-armed, the war could alter history.

Nuclear: Weapons of mass destruction pose a real and imminent threat to the world. However, the Bible prophesies the spark that will trigger global nuclear turmoil will originate not in Kashmir or New Delhi, but in Jerusalem.

As tensions and violence escalate around the world, watch Jerusalem.

To understand where these events are leading, read “Are India and Pakistan About to Trigger World War III?”