U.S. Vice President JD Vance has made it clear that the United States will not intervene militarily in the growing conflict between Pakistan and India, calling the situation “fundamentally none of our business.”
In an interview with Fox News following the latest escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors, Vance emphasized that while the U.S. is urging de-escalation, it has no mandate to dictate military actions by either side.
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“We’re not going to step into a war that we can’t control and that doesn’t directly involve America,” he stated.
His comments came after India launched a series of coordinated air, missile, and drone strikes on the night of May 6–7, targeting locations across Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, including Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad.
Pakistan’s military reported that the attacks killed at least 31 civilians—including women and children—and wounded 71 more. Several civilian facilities, including mosques and a hydropower plant, were also damaged.
In retaliation, the Pakistan Army initiated a counter-offensive, reportedly downing five Indian fighter jets—three Rafales, a MiG-29, and a Sukhoi aircraft—as well as an Israeli Heron drone, over areas including Bhatinda, Jammu, and Srinagar.
Pakistan’s National Security Committee (NSC) has since authorized its military to respond to what it described as deliberate and unprovoked Indian aggression targeting civilians.
The army also said it intercepted and destroyed 30 Israeli-origin Herop drones deployed by India to strike various locations across Pakistan, including Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, and Sheikhupura.
