The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan spoke by phone on Monday, the Indian army said, as New Delhi reopened airports and shares rose in both countries following a ceasefire that paused days of intense fighting last week. There were no reports of explosions or projectiles fired overnight, with the Indian army saying Sunday…
The Kremlin said on Monday that it was following with great concern the tense atmosphere at the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir, where suspected militants killed at least 26 people in attack last week. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia highly values its relations with both New Delhi and Islamabad.
India’s foreign minister said Thursday that those who planned and carried out an attack in Kashmir last week that left 26 men dead “must be brought to justice.” New Delhi blames Pakistan for the gun attack on civilians at the tourist site of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22. Islamabad has rejected the charge,…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday urged India and Pakistan to work with each other to de-escalate tensions after last week’s Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, the State Department said. Rubio spoke separately with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while expressing support to India in combating extremism and urging Pakistan to cooperate…
Pakistan’s information minister said Wednesday that Islamabad had “credible intelligence” India was planning an imminent military strike, vowing a “decisive response” as fears of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir. The statement by Attaullah Tarar came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a closed-door meeting with army and security chiefs the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given India’s military “operational freedom” to respond to a deadly attack in Kashmir last week, a senior government source told AFP Tuesday, after New Delhi blamed it on arch-rival Pakistan. Modi told army and security chiefs in a closed-door meeting Tuesday that the armed forces had the “complete operational freedom to…
