Blasts rock Indian Kashmir, Amritsar as Pakistan conflict escalates
Jammu, India/Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Blasts rang out across Indian Kashmir and the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state late on Friday, with the Indian military saying it was shooting down drones in the worst fighting with Pakistan in nearly three decades. The explosions in Amritsar – the first heard there in the […]
Pakistan vows retaliation after Indian strike over tourist deaths
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan/New Delhi, India Reuters India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan vowed to retaliate saying it shot down five Indian aircraft, in the worst clash in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India told more than a dozen foreign envoys in New Delhi that “if Pakistan responds, […]
India strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Pakistan says Indian jets downed
Updated: 3:40pm (AEDT) Muzaffarabad, Pakistan/New Delhi, India Reuters India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies. India said it struck nine Pakistani “terrorist infrastructure” sites, some of them linked to an […]
Pakistan tests missile, India orders drills amid Kashmir standoff
Islamabad/Bela Noor Shah, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan carried out a second missile test in three days on Monday and India said it ordered several states to conduct security drills, as fears mounted the neighbours could be heading to a confrontation over a deadly attack in Kashmir. Moody’s warned that the standoff could set back Islamabad’s economic […]
On both sides of the line of control, Kashmiris watch, wait and prepare for war
Churanda, India/Chakothi, Pakistan Reuters Nestled between mountains in Indian-administered Kashmir, teachers lead school children in the village of Churanda in morning prayers, asking that the sound of swaying walnut trees and cooing birds not be replaced by the roaring of artillery. Though children attended class as usual, “fear among the parents is running high” said […]
India closes airspace to Pakistan airlines as tensions rise
Reuters India shut its airspace to Pakistani airlines on Wednesday, the government said, days after its nuclear-armed neighbour banned Indian airlines from flying over its territory following the killing of 26 men in an attack on tourists in Kashmir. The ban will last from 30th April to 23rd May, the Indian Government said in a […]
Pakistan’s minister Tarar warns of possible Indian military strike within 24 to 36 hours
Reuters Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that the country has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours. This comes as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations rise as India has said there were Pakistani elements to the attack that killed 26 […]
Kashmir leader calls for caution in Indian response after deadly attack
Srinagar, India Reuters India should not do anything to alienate Kashmiris in its hunt for militants who killed 26 people last week, especially as residents of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region have staged protests against that attack, its chief minister said on Monday. The 22nd April killings of tourists by gunmen from an armed Islamist group […]
Panic in Pakistan as India vows to cut off water supply over Kashmir
Latifabad, Pakistan/New Delhi, India Reuters Spraying pesticides on his parched vegetables one street away from the Indus River, Pakistani farmer Homla Thakhur is worried about his future. The sun is at its peak, the river is running very low, and India has vowed to cut supplies upstream after a deadly militant attack in Kashmir. “If […]
US in touch with India and Pakistan; urges work toward “responsible solution”
Washington DC, US Reuters The US State Department said on Sunday Washington was in touch with both India and Pakistan while urging them to work towards what it called a “responsible solution” as tensions have risen between the two Asian nations following a recent Islamist militant attack in Kashmir. In public, the US Government has […]