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Risk of India-Pakistan war may hang on the fate of IAF pilot

The full political fallout of the exchanges remains unclear, but it's evident that the capture of a pilot "complicates matters and will heighten tensions," said Sandeep Shastri, a political scientist and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Jain University in Bangalore. Neither country can afford a full-blown conflict, yet neither leader can afford to look weak, he added.

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