Once again tensions between India and Pakistan following a deadly exchange of strikes and cross-border shelling, the United States has made it clear it will not intervene directly in the dispute. Speaking to Fox News on May 8, US Vice President JD Vance bluntly stated that the escalating conflict is “fundamentally none of our business,” even as he acknowledged the risks inherent in clashes between two nuclear-armed states.

“We’re not going to get involved in the middle of a war that’s fundamentally none of our business,” Vance told the network. “Look, we’re concerned any time nuclear powers collide and have a major conflict,” he added, reflecting Washington’s cautious stance as violence between the longtime South Asian rivals escalates.

Vance’s comments come amid fresh hostilities following India’s launch of “Operation Sindoor,” a series of targeted strikes on what it claims were terrorist facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir. New Delhi has characterized the strikes as retaliatory measures after a brutal terrorist attack in April in the India-administered Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of 26 civilians.

Islamabad has furiously condemned the Indian strikes, labeling them a “heinous provocation” and promising retaliation. True to its word, Pakistan responded with artillery shelling across the Line of Control (LoC), the heavily militarized and disputed de facto border between the two nations in the Kashmir region. According to the Indian government, the cross-border fire has already claimed 16 civilian........

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