Iran and Indonesia too supported Pakistan while USSR, which India had counted on, proved surprisingly neutral. While the Indian economy was held back by Nehruvian socialism the Indian military was just emerging from the shadow of Nehruvian pacifism after the 1962 China debacle. Nevertheless Indian forces had superiority in numbers and surprised the Pakistanis by opening a second front in Punjab. In the end the war proved a stalemate. Today, Indian armed forces are far more modern and better supplied. India's annual per capita income ($5,800 PPP) exceeds Pakistan's ($4,700 PPP) while growth rates of both are comparable. But the critical difference is that both sides are nuclear armed and extensive conventional conflict as in 1965 isn't possible. Second, due to its cultivation of covert paramilitaries, Pakistan is overflowing with terror groups some of whom have turned their guns against the state. Third, following 911 Pakistan has come to be known as the epicentre of global terror and lost all international sympathy on its claims to Kashmir. Terror has metastasised and become a global phenomenon, while India has moved closer to the West. So even as there is concern over human rights violations by Indian forces in Kashmir