U.S. Vice-President JD Vance has declared that the United States will not intervene militarily in the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, calling the situation “fundamentally none of our business.”
Speaking to Fox News following a major flare-up between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, Vance emphasized that while Washington is urging both sides to de-escalate tensions, the U.S. has neither the authority nor responsibility to stop either nation from continuing military operations.
“We’re not going to get involved in the middle of a war that has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it,” Vance stated.
His remarks come after Indian armed forces launched coordinated missile, air, and drone attacks during the night of May 6–7. The strikes targeted several locations across Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, including Sialkot, Shakargarh, Muridke, Bahawalpur, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad. According to Pakistan’s military, the attacks resulted in the deaths of at least 31 civilians — including women and children — and injured 71 others. Several civilian structures, such as mosques and a hydropower plant, were also damaged.
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In response, the Pakistan Army launched retaliatory operations, successfully downing five Indian fighter aircraft and one Israeli-made Heron combat drone. The military identified the downed aircraft as three Rafale jets, one MiG-29, and one SU-series jet, shot down over Bhatinda, Jammu, Akhnoor, Srinagar, and Avantipur.
Pakistan’s National Security Committee (NSC) has since authorized its armed forces to undertake proportionate military action in response to what officials described as “unprovoked aggression” and deliberate targeting of civilians.
Additionally, Pakistan’s military intercepted and destroyed 30 Israeli-manufactured Herop drones launched by India on Thursday, aimed at civilian and military targets. The drones were neutralized over several cities, including Rawalpindi, Gujrat, Attock, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana, Ghotki, and Karachi’s Malir district, according to a statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
