Pakistan Claims India is Planning a New Attack
- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Islamabad has knowledge that India is planning an attack against Pakistan later this month, while India dismissed Pakistan’s claims as “war hysteria” (BBC)
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Soldiers, Civilians Killed in Kashmir Clash
- Three Pakistani soldiers, an Indian paramilitary soldier, and several local residents were killed by mortars and small arms fire in fighting across the Line of Control in Kashmir since yesterday, according to police in both countries (Associated Press)
Facebook Removes ‘Inauthentic’ Pakistani, Indian Pages
Pakistan: No Terrorist Camps at Sites Shared by India
- Pakistan’s foreign ministry said authorities examined twenty-two sites inside Pakistan that India alleged are terrorist training camps and found no such camps. Islamabad said it will allow Indian investigators to visit the locations upon request (Hindustan Times)
Pakistan Considers Second Temple Corridor
- The Pakistani government plans to open a corridor to the Sharda Peeth Hindu temple in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir for pilgrims from India, according to local media. India and Pakistan recently agreed to open a similar corridor for a Sikh temple in Pakistan (TOI)
China Blocks Designation of Pakistan-Based Militant as Global Terrorist
- China blocked a Western-backed proposal at the UN Security Council to designate the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed a global terrorist. The group said it was behind a February attack on Indian security forces in Kashmir (New York Times)
Security Council to Meet Over Pakistan-Based Militants
- The UN Security Council is expected to debate today whether to declare the leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group a global terrorist. The United States has backed the move, while China has indicated it could veto the resolution, saying it seeks a “solution that is acceptable to all sides” (TOI)
India, Pakistan Set to Exchange Delegations
- Delegations from India and Pakistan will exchange visits later this month to discuss a plan for a Sikh pilgrimage corridor between the countries. Pakistan’s high commissioner in India, who was recalled following the February attack in Kashmir, will return to New Delhi (Dawn)
Pakistan Claims to Intercept Indian Submarine, Amid a Crackdown on Militant Groups
- The Pakistan Navy said it warded off an Indian submarine attempting to enter its territorial waters late yesterday (Dawn)
- Separately, Pakistani officials today announced a move to crackdown on militant groups, arresting forty-four members of banned organizations (New York Times)
Heavy Shelling Across the Line of Control in Kashmir
- A day after Pakistan security forces returned a captured Indian pilot, heavy shelling continued along the Line of Control in Kashmir; at least five civilians and two soldiers were killed (New York Times)
Pakistan Releases Indian Pilot
- Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, who was shot down by Pakistani forces on Wednesday, crossed through a border checkpoint today after being released by Pakistan and returned to India (New York Times)
- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called the release a gesture of peace (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan Agrees to Release Captured Indian Pilot
- Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan will release a captured Indian pilot tomorrow “as a peace gesture,” following tit-for-tat air strikes this weeks; cross-border shelling along the Line of Control continued today amid heightened tensions between the two countries (Reuters)
India-Pakistan Tensions Rise With Downed Jets
- Pakistan’s armed forces said they shot down two Indian fighter aircraft in Pakistani airspace today (Dawn)
- At the same time, India claimed it downed a Pakistani jet over its territory and lost one of its own planes in the process (Hindustan Times)
- Four Pakistani civilians were reported killed in cross-border fire yesterday, the same day India carried out air strikes on a suspected militant target in Pakistan (Al Jazeera)
Indian Jets Strike Pakistani Territory
- Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said a “very large number” of Jaish-e-Mohammed militants were killed in an attack today across the Line of Control (Al Jazeera)
- Pakistan’s armed forces disputed the casualties claim, saying the strike caused no damage (New York Times)
India Announces Plan to Block Water From Reaching Pakistan
- India reported that it will block the flow of its share of excess river waters to Pakistan and divert the water towards Indian-administered Kashmir and Punjab (Reuters)
India-Pakistan Tensions Rise Over Kashmir Attack
- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed last Thursday’s suicide bombing in Indian-administered Kashmir for the first time today, warning New Delhi that he would retaliate over any attack on Pakistan (Dawn)
- Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad took responsibility for the attack, which killed forty members of India’s security forces (BBC)
India Vows to Isolate Pakistan After Kashmir Attack
- At least forty-six Indian paramilitary police officers were killed yesterday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in an attack claimed by Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad that is believed to be the deadliest attack on Indian forces in the disputed territory in decades (BBC)
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said those responsible for the car bombing will pay “a heavy price,” and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said India will seek “the complete isolation of Pakistan from the international community” (Indian Express)
Dozens Killed in Attack on Security Forces Convoy in Kashmir
- At least thirty-three Indian paramilitary police officers were killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir today in car bomb attack claimed by militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (Washington Post)
India Protests Pakistani Contact With Separatists in Kashmir
- Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke by phone with separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Indian-administered Kashmir. In response, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale summoned Pakistani Ambassador Sohail Mahmood to denounce Pakistan’s interference in India’s internal affairs (Reuters)
Sixteen Injured in Kashmir Protests
- The protests in India-controlled Kashmir erupted after government forces attempted to prohibit locals from attending the funerals of two Kashmiri militants killed in a gunfight with Indian troops on Saturday (Associated Press)
Three Killed in India’s Kashmir
- An eighteen hour gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar ended with three rebels killed by Indian troops (Associated Press)
India, Pakistan Announce “Peace Corridor” for Pilgrims
- India and Pakistan launched construction of a three-mile corridor between two Sikh temples on either side of their shared border. Pakistan’s government said the project reflects “the importance and primacy that Pakistan gives to all minorities” (CNN)
Rights Group Calls For Investigation in Kashmir
- Amnesty International called for an independent investigation into the deaths of seven civilians earlier this week in Jammu and Kashmir. The civilians were killed in an explosion near the site of shootout between militants and security forces in the district of Kulgam (Amnesty International)
India Summons Pakistani Envoy Over Kashmir Deaths
- India summoned a top Pakistani envoy in New Delhi today over the deaths of three Indian soldiers in a weekend gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir. India’s foreign ministry said Pakistan continues to abet terrorists on its territory and violate a 2003 cease-fire (Hindustan Times)
Clashes Erupt in Kashmir
- Violence flared in Kashmir after four were killed in a gun battle involving Indian forces in the city of Srinagar (Al Jazeera)