A year after Operation Sindoor, India has decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty suspended, maintaining its posture of keeping dam gates shut. The move signals a hardening stance toward Pakistan, with India arguing that meaningful cooperation cannot exist amid terror threats and that the treaty is “unjust.”
Pakistan has approached the UN Security Council after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of a deadly cross-border terror attack. India argues terrorism cannot coexist with the water agreement, quoting “blood and water cannot flow together.” Despite long-running tensions, the treaty has underpinned water security for decades—now its suspension is drawing international scrutiny.
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