
Overnight Clashes Strain a Diplomatic Push Between India and Pakistan
The United States and other regional players converged to try to head off war between the neighboring nuclear powers. But more clashes seemed to keep hostilities roiling.
The United States and other regional players converged to try to head off war between the neighboring nuclear powers. But more clashes seemed to keep hostilities roiling.
The nuclear-armed rivals are also wrangling over Pakistan’s access to desperately needed foreign aid, as India explores ways to use its soft power and relationships to bedevil its old enemy.
The comments from Khawaja Muhammad Asif came after India said its forces had struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir in response to a terrorist attack last month.
The question now, analysts say, is whether the two sides will claim victory as Pakistan asserts that it downed Indian jets and gauges the toll of India’s strikes.
In one image, a plume of smoke obscures the vibrant sunrise over a Himalayan landscape. In another, men carry a casket past soldiers on the verdant grounds of a damaged mosque. The famed beauty of Kashmir has once again been scarred by military …
The apparent strikes would be an intensification of a conflict between India and Pakistan, both of which are nuclear powers.
The home ministry ordered officials to test air raid sirens and teach civilians to navigate blackouts and carry out evacuations.
The April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir inflamed a long-simmering conflict that could boil over into military confrontation.
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