India/Pakistan: Can India Stop Pakistan’s River Water — and Will It Spark a New War?

Jul 9, 2025 | Abid Hussain
Al Jazeera
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India announced it was walking out of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a six-decade-old transboundary water agreement that governs the division of water from the Indus Basin’s six rivers. The treaty is a lifeline for more than 270 million people, most of whom live in Pakistan.