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On Wednesday morning, India launched strikes against Pakistan in retaliation for an earlier terrorist attack in India-administered Kashmir — an attack Pakistan denies it had anything to do with. The two nuclear powers have long fought over control of Kashmir, but these are the first skirmishes between them in six years. Can India and Pakistan quash tensions before more violence erupts? I’m joined by my Post colleagues Rana Ayyuband Max Boot to discuss.