Editor's Note.

South Asia was at the brink of nuclear war after deadliest suicide attack on Indian Paramilitary in Pulwama, Indian Occupied Kashmir, making it a deadliest attack since 2002. In the aftermath of this attack, India began accusing Pakistan for supporting the attackers resulting in the mounting tension between the two nuclear armed states. Pakistan denied however not accepting these unproven allegations India began the war mongering led by Media and Prime Minister Modi. Later Indian Air force made intrusion in Pakistan's air space. With befitting response, Pakistan shot down Indian Aircrafts and captured Indian Wing Commander and later safely returned back to India. Both countries called back their high commissioners. The shelling continues in the border regions where the victims are the poor Kashmiri people who are suffering from this war for the last seven decades. India has almost 500,000 soldiers in Kashmir, an unfinished agenda of British colonial power.

Till date Kashmir conflict has continues to remain the potential nuclear flash point. International community played a significant role in mending the relationship between the two countries. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) after the Pulwama attack, invited the Indian Foreign minister for the first time and later Pakistan boycotted the summit however OIC issued strong statement. Kashmir has brought world attention as a war trigger point between the nuclear states. International community called for restraint. There is a strong need now that apart from the mere lip service, international community must make strong efforts to address the root cause of the Kashmir conflict by pushing both India and Pakistan at the dialogue table with the people of Kashmir to resolve this issue for the sake of the entire region. Otherwise this conflict will blow to the level having all the ingredients to hell break loose.

While writing these lines, New Zealand, is bracing and recovering from the one of the shocking days of its history when a "right-wing extremist" and a 'white supremacist' armed with semi-automatic weapons rampaged through two mosques in the quiet New Zealand city of Christchurch during afternoon prayers last Friday, killing worshippers and wounding dozens more. Terrorism does not have a religion and global community must join forces to not only strongly condemn, collectively rejected and wisely addressed using the same means. The...