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Mainstream, Vol 63 No 20, May 17, 2025

India

Saturday 17 May 2025

May 7, 2025

While the Indus Waters Treaty has survived three India-Pakistan wars, the pattern of interaction between the two countries on sharing the waters of the Indus Basin has been conflictual rather than cooperative.

As the conflict escalates post Operation Sindoor [1], it is pertinent how India recalibrates the link between water and terrorism.

Some claim India has weaponised the Indus Waters Treaty by putting it in