India and Pakistan are both claiming victory after this week’s clashes. Will cooler heads prevail?

This week’s clashes between Pakistan and India are the most serious escalation in tensions between these two historic foes in decades with millions on both sides of their border now wondering what might come next.

Despite a vow to “avenge” India’s strikes on its territory, Pakistan has yet to retaliate in kind on India, and both sides appear to have already claimed victory. But hostilities continue. Palpable panic rocked both nations Wednesday after New Delhi launched targeted military strikes on its neighbor, while Islamabad claimed it had shot down its rival’s fighter jets. On Thursday, Pakistan claimed it downed at least 25 Indian loitering munition drones across the country overnight, in what it called a new “serious provocation” from New Delhi that wounded four of soldiers and killed a civilian. CNN cannot independently verify these claims and has reached out to the Indian Air Force and Ministry of Defense. The fear is that each additional confrontational step by either side could quickly spiral into an all out conflict. Indian media was euphoric after Wednesday’s strikes. “Strokes of justice,” ran an editorial from one of India’s leading English newspapers commending the country’s “sharp” and “resolute” response to the massacre of 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir, at the hands of militants. A headline from The Indian Express echoed a similar tune: “Justice Served” it said across the front page.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/08/asia/india-pakistan-analysis-what-happens-next-intl-hnk

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