Afghanistan, May 3 -- Written By: Sajad Junid
India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, escalating tensions with Pakistan and raising fears of a potential water conflict in South Asia.
In a dramatic escalation of tensions, India has suspended its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a 64-year-old water-sharing agreement with Pakistan, following a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir. The move, which Pakistan has labeled an "act of aggression," threatens to plunge the already volatile region into a new crisis over water-a resource more precious than oil in this parched subcontinent.
A Treaty Tested by Time and Conflict
Signed in 1960 under World Bank mediation, the IWT divides the Indus River system between the two nuclear-armed ...