Expert in B.C. says India-Pakistan tension at highest point since 1999

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia researcher in South Asian affairs says concerns about the current India and Pakistan tensions are justified, given that the region has not seen a conflict this intense in more than 25 years.
M.V. Ramana, professor at the University of B.C.’s school of public policy and global affairs, says the last time there was a realistic risk of nuclear weapons being used was a conflict between the two sides in the Kargil region of Kashmir in 1999.Ramana says the di