5 h. ago Pakistan and India trade accusations of drone attacks as conflict escalates

Pakistani military official accuses Delhi of ‘another blatant act of aggression’ a day after Indian strikes killed dozensPakistan and India accused each other of overnight drone and missile attacks, with Delhi claiming to have thwarted strikes on more than a dozen cities and Islamabad claiming to have shot down 25 Indian drones.The allegations levelled on both sides marked a stark escalation of the conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations, after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday killed 31 people. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago India conducts mock drills across country during escalating tensions with Pakistan

India conducted mock drills across the country on Wednesday (7 May) after a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir killed 26 people on 22 April.

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22 h. ago The Guardian view on India and Pakistan: a newly dangerous moment in an old dispute | Editorial

Both sides believe they are treading carefully, but without intercession the military clash following the murder of Hindu tourists in Kashmir could escalateThe familiarity of military confrontation between India and Pakistan is no cause for reassurance: this is the worst violence in years. Though neither wants full-blown conflict, the dispute over Kashmir has produced three wars and multiple crises over eight decades. When two nuclear-armed neighbours clash, we should worry.One reason is that errors and misjudgments are always possible. Following its overnight strikes on Pakistan, which it accuses of involvement in the massacre of Hindu tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month, India said that it hit only terrorist infrastructure and that its actions were “not escalatory”. This is not a judgment that can be made unilaterally. Pakistan said India was “igniting an inferno” and that its military is authorised to take corresponding actions. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Pakistan PM promises to ‘avenge each drop of blood’ after Indian airstrikes kill 31

Fears raised of escalating conflict after Pakistan accused India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has warned that it will “avenge” the death of 31 people killed in overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a late night address to the nation late on Wednesday, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said: “We make this pledge, that we will avenge each drop of the blood of these martyrs.” Continue reading...

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25 h. ago DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: This is why we should ALL be terrified of the escalation between India and Pakistan

Pakistan said retaliatory strikes at nine different locations today by the Indian air force have in turn killed 26. India insists it targeted 'terrorist infrastructure'. What comes next is critical.

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28 h. ago DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: The terrifying escalation between India and Pakistan represents a global threat like no other. Locals will die, but this is why I fear we could all pay the price

Pakistan said retaliatory strikes at nine different locations today by the Indian air force have in turn killed 26. India insists it targeted 'terrorist infrastructure'. What comes next is critical.

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29 h. ago London statue unveiling honouring Bollywood icons Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol postponed amid India

The statue, which is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, will now be unveiled at a later date as fears of an all-out war between India and Pakistan escalate

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1 week ago The domestic pressures shaping India’s response to Kashmir attacks

Modi must weigh a response that balances domestic fury with strategic restraintIndia’s furious response to the terrorist massacre of 26 men in a popular travel destination is being shaped by public rage at the deadliest civilian attack in Kashmir in a quarter-century.The brutality of the assault in one of Muslim-majority Kashmir’s marquee tourist spots – and its national resonance – leaves Prime Minister Narendra Modi needing to signal strength, but without triggering uncontrolled escalation between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, analysts say. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tensions escalate between India and Pakistan following deadly attack in disputed Kashmir

Tensions between arch rivals India and Pakistan were high on Thursday as New Delhi mounted a diplomatic offensive against Islamabad, blaming it for a deadly attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in disputed Kashmir

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