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Facts and alternative facts between India and Pakistan
Mar 09, 2019 (AFP)
A suicide bombing on February 14 killed 40 troops and was the deadliest attack in Kashmir on Indian forces in a 30-year insurgency by militants wanting independ...
UN rights chief renews call for access to China's Xinjiang
Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)
In her annual address to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet said her office was seeking to "engage" with China on conditions in Xinjiang...
Pakistan names pilots it says shot down Indian warplanes
Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)
The dogfight over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir on February 27 ended with both sides claiming they had shot each other's planes down, and an India...
Pakistan navy says it stopped Indian sub from entering its waters
Mar 05, 2019 (AFP)
The development came days after a rare aerial dogfight between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir ignited fears of an all-out conflict, w...
Pakistan detains militant suspects after Kashmir attack
Mar 05, 2019 (AFP)
Among those detained in Islamabad's latest crackdown on banned groups was Abdul Rauf -- who a security source told AFP is a younger brother of Masood Azhar -- t...
US reports 'progress' in peace talks with Taliban
Mar 05, 2019 (AFP)
Washington's envoy Zalmay Khalilzad resumed negotiations on February 25, part of a months-long push to end the war in Afghanistan, America's longest-running con...
Pakistanis sign petition seeking Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan
Mar 02, 2019 (AFP)
The capture of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman had become the focus of renewed hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals which have alarmed the internati...
Release of shot-down Indian pilot delayed by hours
Mar 01, 2019 (AFP)
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was downed on Wednesday over Kashmir, had been expected to be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border cro...
The India-Pakistan crisis: What we know
Feb 28, 2019 (AFP)
Here is an explanation of the events so far, and the possible next steps: - What triggered the crisis? - On February 14, 40 paramilitaries were killed in a suic...
Pakistan promises to free Indian pilot as 'peace gesture'
Feb 28, 2019 (AFP)
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was shot down in an aerial engagement over the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday, had become the centrepiece of t...
Pakistan, India say shot down each other's warplanes
Feb 28, 2019 (AFP)
Calling for talks with India to defuse the situation, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences should "better sens...
India says doesn't want 'further escalation' after Pakistan air strikes
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
The incursion across the ceasefire line that divides Kashmir came after New Delhi threatened retaliation over the February 14 suicide bombing that killed 40 Ind...
Pakistan envoy says US 'emboldened' India
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
With the nuclear-armed rivals shooting down each other's warplanes in their worst crisis in years, Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan said the United States ...
US urges India, Pakistan to 'exercise restraint': Pompeo
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
"We encourage India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, and avoid escalation at any cost," Pompeo said in a statement after speaking with his counterparts from ...
Pakistan says shoots down Indian jets, sending tensions soaring
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
One Indian pilot was captured, a Pakistani military spokesman said, adding that one aircraft had fallen in Pakistani-held Kashmir, while the other fell on the I...
India says doesn't want 'escalation' after Pakistan air strike
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
Ties between the arch-rivals have been under intense strain after a February 14 suicide bombing in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir that killed 40 India...
India 'air strikes' send Pakistan tensions surging
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
Pakistan denied India's claim that the attack had inflicted major damage and casualties on militants responsible for a suicide bombing in Kashmir earlier this m...
Pakistan accuses India of launching strike across Kashmir border
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
"Indian Air Force violated Line of Control," Pakistan military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted, referring to the de facto border between Indian- an...
Pakistan military warns India against 'misadventure'
Feb 22, 2019 (AFP)
"We hope you will not mess up with us," military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor told a press briefing in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, the second such ...
Pakistan 'ready to talk' on Kashmir, warns India against attack: PM
Feb 19, 2019 (AFP)
Khan used a nationally televised address to demand Delhi share proof of Islamabad's alleged involvement in last week's suicide blast, which killed 41 people in ...
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