Mediation is needed before India and Pakistan cross the nuclear line

Mediation is needed before India and Pakistan cross the nuclear line Mediation is needed before India and Pakistan cross the nuclear line

Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region.

India and Pakistan’s unprecedented tit-for-tat milit strikes on Wednesday marked their most serious escalation since their 1998 nuclear tests, and they raise fears of a broader threat to global security well beyond their shared border.