On Tuesday morning, India began launching airstrikes aimed at militant targets in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. This course of action was provoked because India had reason to believe that it was the target of a suicide bomber group which killed 40 Indian troops. Indian foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale appear on national TV hours later, defending that the intended targets were not against… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kashmir-latest-india-pakistan-air-strike-planes-attack-a8800131.html There is a certain symmetry to the way things stand in the highly strung conflict between India and Pakistan – as of Wednesday night, we should add, given just how fast the situation is developing. On Tuesday morning, India took the unprecedented step of launching airstrikes at what it said were militant targets in Pakistani territory across the Kashmir line of control. Hours later, the Indian… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-pakistan-crisis-kashmir-border-shelling-a8804351.html Six civilians have been killed after violence continued to escalate between Indiaand Pakistan in Kashmir. Indian police said two siblings and their mother were killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir after a shell fired by Pakistani soldiers hit their home. In Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, government official Umar Azam said Indian troops with heavy weapons “indiscriminately targeted border villagers”, killing a boy and wounding three other people. He added… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mbs-saudi-prince-mohammad-bin-salman-taliban-militants-meeting-afghan-war-pakistan-a8782276.html Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is likely to meet Afghan Taliban representatives during his visit to Pakistan on Sunday, in an effort to broker an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year-old civil war, Pakistani government sources have said. Pakistan has been playing an increasingly vital role in the Afghanistan peace talks, which have been gathering momentum in recent months amid a growing US desire to pull out its… Read more »
Tensions between Pakistan and India have peaked after a Thursday bombing against armed Indian security forces. 40 confirmed paramilitary deaths have resulted from the horrific event. Responsibility has been claimed by the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jihadist group, based out of Pakistan. This tragedy is the worst India’s seen since Kashmir’s insurgency three decades ago. India’s Lt Gen KJS Dhillon accused Pakistan of… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mbs-saudi-prince-mohammad-bin-salman-taliban-militants-meeting-afghan-war-pakistan-a8782276.html Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is likely to meet Afghan Taliban representatives during his visit to Pakistan on Sunday, in an effort to broker an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year-old civil war, Pakistani government sources have said. Pakistan has been playing an increasingly vital role in the Afghanistan peace talks, which have been gathering momentum in recent months amid a growing US desire to pull out its… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-kashmir-pakistan-threat-imran-khan-jem-car-bomb-paramilitary-a8786196.html Mothers in Kashmir should tell their sons to put down their arms or be prepared to see them dead, India’s top military commander in the contested region has said after an unprecedented suicide bomb attack. Responsibility for the bomb, which killed 40 paramilitary police, has been claimed by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jihadist group. Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has now responded for the first time, saying… Read more »
Pakistan has detained a senior Afghan Taliban member in an attempt to put pressure on the militants amid talks with the US, sources in the group say. Hafez Mohibullah, religious affairs minister when the Taliban ran Afghanistan before 2001, was held in Peshawar, the sources told the BBC. The US has repeatedly called on Pakistan to end “safe havens” for… Read more »
In Pakistan, almost 22.5 million children are not attending school. Due to lack of educational facilities provided from the government, the number of children growing up with no education is slowly growing. Girls are especially vulnerable to these low numbers of years in school. Just in Balochistan, Pakistan, 81% of girls are not attending any school, instead these young girls are… Read more »
Asian Review Abbasi stresses broad economic benefits of joint infrastructure projects. DAVOS, Switzerland — Pakistan sees little reason to fear debts arising from its massive infrastructure projects with China, the South Asian country’s leader said in an interview on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi noted that when it comes… Read more »