Turkey’s overreach in South Asia

It will be interesting to see if Turkey will do any balancing between India and Pakistan.

The dastardly attack on tourists in Pahalgam in April led to a sharp rise in tensions between India and Pakistan, the two nuclear-armed neighbours. India retaliated to the attack by launching ‘Operation Sindoor’, striking at alleged terrorist bases deep inside the Pakistani territory. Pakistan launched a drone attack on all the border Indian states, namely, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Swarms of drones came from across the border, which were successfully thwarted by the Indian air defence systems.