Abhinandan sees no reason for Pakistan, India to continue with any kind of hostilities.

LAHORE -- Pilot, Wing Commander of Indian Air Force Abhinandan Varthaman says there is no reason for Pakistan and India to continue with hostilities. He also calls for peace between the two neighbours.

'I see no reason for us to continue with any kind of hostilities,' Abhinandan can be heard saying in a new video released by the Pakistan Army on the second anniversary of Operation Swift Retort.

It appears as the video is be part of the same interview which was aired two years ago shortly after the capture of Abhinandan. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had shot down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace in 2019 and arrested the Indian pilot.

The IAF pilot can be heard saying in the video that war happens between countries when 'there is no peace.' He adds that he wants to live in a peaceful environment.

'I do not know what we should do to achieve peace but I only know that there should be peace,' says the wing commander. During the video, the wing commander also spoke about Kashmir and said that neither he nor the Pakistanis know 'what is happening to a Kashmiri'. 'We must think with calm heads,' says the pilot. 'I saw both countries when I was coming down on a parachute, and I could not differentiate between the two countries from above,' the Indian pilot observes. He tells his interviewer that both countries are 'beautiful.'

'When I fell down I did not know whether I was in Pakistan or my own country India. To me, both countries looked the same, the people looked the same as well,' says the pilot.

'I want to live in a peaceful environment'

The pilot said that he was badly injured when he ejected from his aircraft and once he landed he was not able to move. He added that after landing, he tried finding out which country he was in.

'When it looked to me that I was not in my country, I tried running,' says the...