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Matthew
Apr 24, 2025, 12:50:19 PMApr 24
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>Pakistan has responded with tit-for-tat measures against India as tensions soared following a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists.
>Islamabad suspended all visas issued to Indian nationals under an exemption scheme with immediate effect, as well as expelling some of its neighbour's diplomats and closing its airspace to Indian flights.
>On Wednesday evening Delhi announced a raft of diplomatic measures against Islamabad in light of the killings in Kashmir - one of them was shutting the Attari-Wagah border between the two countries immediately.
>India also cancelled visa services to Pakistani nationals "with immediate effect".
>In its response, Pakistan also rejected India's suspension of the Indus Water Treaty - a six-decade-old water sharing treaty between the neighbours - adding that any attempt to stop or divert the water "will be considered as an Act of War".
>The country has closed its airspace to all Indian-owned or Indian-operated airlines and suspended all trade with India.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy76y52l9eo
>Islamabad suspended all visas issued to Indian nationals under an exemption scheme with immediate effect, as well as expelling some of its neighbour's diplomats and closing its airspace to Indian flights.
>On Wednesday evening Delhi announced a raft of diplomatic measures against Islamabad in light of the killings in Kashmir - one of them was shutting the Attari-Wagah border between the two countries immediately.
>India also cancelled visa services to Pakistani nationals "with immediate effect".
>In its response, Pakistan also rejected India's suspension of the Indus Water Treaty - a six-decade-old water sharing treaty between the neighbours - adding that any attempt to stop or divert the water "will be considered as an Act of War".
>The country has closed its airspace to all Indian-owned or Indian-operated airlines and suspended all trade with India.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy76y52l9eo
Matthew
Apr 27, 2025, 1:53:16 PMApr 27
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>Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said Sunday, as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their lowest level in years.
>India has accused Pakistan of supporting "cross-border terrorism" after gunmen killed 26 people in the worst attack on civilians in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir for a quarter of a century.
>Islamabad has denied any involvement, calling attempts to link Pakistan to the attack "frivolous" and vowing to respond to any Indian action.
>Pakistan's army, meanwhile, claimed Sunday that it had killed 54 militants who tried to enter the country through its northwestern border with Afghanistan -- suggesting the incursion was orchestrated by New Delhi.
>In the aftermath of the attack, New Delhi suspended a water-sharing treaty, announced the closure of the main land border crossing with Pakistan, downgraded diplomatic ties, and withdrew visas for Pakistanis.
>In response, Islamabad has ordered the expulsion of Indian diplomats and military advisers, cancelling visas for Indian nationals -- with the exception of Sikh pilgrims -- and closing the main border crossing from its side.
>The United Nations has urged the arch-rivals to show "maximum restraint" so that issues can be "resolved peacefully through meaningful mutual engagement".
>In 2019, a suicide attack killed 41 Indian troops in Kashmir and triggered Indian air strikes inside Pakistan, bringing the countries to the brink of all-out war.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250427-india-and-pakistan-troops-exchange-fire-in-kashmir
>India has accused Pakistan of supporting "cross-border terrorism" after gunmen killed 26 people in the worst attack on civilians in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir for a quarter of a century.
>Islamabad has denied any involvement, calling attempts to link Pakistan to the attack "frivolous" and vowing to respond to any Indian action.
>Pakistan's army, meanwhile, claimed Sunday that it had killed 54 militants who tried to enter the country through its northwestern border with Afghanistan -- suggesting the incursion was orchestrated by New Delhi.
>In the aftermath of the attack, New Delhi suspended a water-sharing treaty, announced the closure of the main land border crossing with Pakistan, downgraded diplomatic ties, and withdrew visas for Pakistanis.
>In response, Islamabad has ordered the expulsion of Indian diplomats and military advisers, cancelling visas for Indian nationals -- with the exception of Sikh pilgrims -- and closing the main border crossing from its side.
>The United Nations has urged the arch-rivals to show "maximum restraint" so that issues can be "resolved peacefully through meaningful mutual engagement".
>In 2019, a suicide attack killed 41 Indian troops in Kashmir and triggered Indian air strikes inside Pakistan, bringing the countries to the brink of all-out war.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250427-india-and-pakistan-troops-exchange-fire-in-kashmir
Matthew
Apr 27, 2025, 2:03:15 PMApr 27
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>In an explosive escalation of tensions, Pakistan Minister Hanif Abbasi openly threatened India with nuclear retaliation, warning that Pakistan's arsenal - including Ghori, Shaheen, and Ghaznavi missiles along with 130 nuclear warheads - has been kept "only for India".
>Abbasi said if India dares to halt Pakistan's water supply by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, it should "prepare for a full-scale war". He declared that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are not for display, and their locations are hidden across the country, ready to strike if provoked.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-minister-hanif-abbasis-open-threat-to-india-as-tensions-flare-130-nukes-aimed-at-you-2715738-2025-04-27
>Abbasi said if India dares to halt Pakistan's water supply by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, it should "prepare for a full-scale war". He declared that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are not for display, and their locations are hidden across the country, ready to strike if provoked.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-minister-hanif-abbasis-open-threat-to-india-as-tensions-flare-130-nukes-aimed-at-you-2715738-2025-04-27
On Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:50:19 AM UTC-5 Matthew wrote:
Matthew
Apr 28, 2025, 5:17:37 PMApr 28
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>There are risks of a war with India within the next two to four days, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif reportedly said.
>"We should be mentally prepared there is a war looming on the horizon. The possibility is there, a very vivid possibility that we can have war in the next day or two or three or four,"
>On April 22, armed men wearing fatigues opened fire with machine guns in the popular tourist town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 25 Indian citizens and one Nepalese national, injuring many others. The attackers fled the scene. Indian intelligence services found evidence that the Pakistani secret services were behind the attack by terrorists from the radical group Lashkar-e-Taiba
>Following the attack, India nearly halved its embassy staff in Islamabad, declared the military advisors of the Pakistani diplomatic mission in India personae non gratae, and closed the key Attari checkpoint on the border with Pakistan. Apart from that, Indian authorities suspended the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan and stopped issuing visas to Pakistani nationals.
>The Pakistani Security Council, in turn, said that Islamabad was suspending all bilateral agreements with India and warned that it would interpret any India’s attempt to redirect Indus’ waters as an act of war. Pakistan also closed its airspace for India, shut close the Wagah checkpoint and expelled Indian defense, naval and aviation advisers. The Pakistani Security Council has claimed that it has evidence of India sponsoring terrorist units in the country.
https://archive.is/AC99w
>Earlier, Asif told Reuters that Pakistan has put its forces on alert, saying an attack by India’s military is imminent.
https://archive.is/7ZXd2
>"We should be mentally prepared there is a war looming on the horizon. The possibility is there, a very vivid possibility that we can have war in the next day or two or three or four,"
>On April 22, armed men wearing fatigues opened fire with machine guns in the popular tourist town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 25 Indian citizens and one Nepalese national, injuring many others. The attackers fled the scene. Indian intelligence services found evidence that the Pakistani secret services were behind the attack by terrorists from the radical group Lashkar-e-Taiba
>Following the attack, India nearly halved its embassy staff in Islamabad, declared the military advisors of the Pakistani diplomatic mission in India personae non gratae, and closed the key Attari checkpoint on the border with Pakistan. Apart from that, Indian authorities suspended the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan and stopped issuing visas to Pakistani nationals.
>The Pakistani Security Council, in turn, said that Islamabad was suspending all bilateral agreements with India and warned that it would interpret any India’s attempt to redirect Indus’ waters as an act of war. Pakistan also closed its airspace for India, shut close the Wagah checkpoint and expelled Indian defense, naval and aviation advisers. The Pakistani Security Council has claimed that it has evidence of India sponsoring terrorist units in the country.
https://archive.is/AC99w
>Earlier, Asif told Reuters that Pakistan has put its forces on alert, saying an attack by India’s military is imminent.
https://archive.is/7ZXd2
Matthew
Apr 29, 2025, 6:19:24 PMApr 29
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>Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that Pakistan has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours.
>"Any act of aggression will be met with a decisive response. India will be fully responsible for any serious consequences in the region," he added.
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>"Any act of aggression will be met with a decisive response. India will be fully responsible for any serious consequences in the region," he added.
https://archive.is/kqZiA
Matthew
May 4, 2025, 10:08:35 PMMay 4
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>India cuts Chenab water flow through Baglihar Dam after Indus treaty halt
>The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, has governed the use of the Indus River and its tributaries between India and Pakistan since 1960.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-tightens-chenab-water-flow-indus-waters-treaty-pause-jhelum-kishanganga-next-2719341-2025-05-04
>The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, has governed the use of the Indus River and its tributaries between India and Pakistan since 1960.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-tightens-chenab-water-flow-indus-waters-treaty-pause-jhelum-kishanganga-next-2719341-2025-05-04
Matthew
May 6, 2025, 6:44:12 PMMay 6
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>India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early Wednesday, killing a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani authorities said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants.
>Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Wednesday’s airstrikes and said the “deceitful enemy has carried out cowardly attacks at five locations in Pakistan” and that his country would retaliate.
>State-run Pakistan Television, quoting security officials, said the country’s air force shot down two Indian jets in retaliation but provided no additional detail.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-india-missiles-border-tensions-21a2859557179f2b32d6b8d5628ac853
>Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Wednesday’s airstrikes and said the “deceitful enemy has carried out cowardly attacks at five locations in Pakistan” and that his country would retaliate.
>State-run Pakistan Television, quoting security officials, said the country’s air force shot down two Indian jets in retaliation but provided no additional detail.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-india-missiles-border-tensions-21a2859557179f2b32d6b8d5628ac853
Matthew
May 9, 2025, 3:38:29 PMMay 9
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>Pakistan Military Refuses To De-escalate, Fires More Drones At India | 'Await Our Response...'
>Amid spiralling tensions with India, Pakistan has flatly refused to step back from confrontation. At a high-level press briefing, Pak military spokesperson Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said, "We will not de-escalate. India should expect a response for the damage they have caused."
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/pakistan-military-refuses-to-de-escalate-fires-more-drones-at-india-await-our-response-/videoshow/121038550.cms
>Blasts rang out across Indian-administered Kashmir and the city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state, with the Indian military saying they were shooting down drones, while heavy cross-border artillery exchanges have resumed in the worst fighting with Pakistan in nearly three decades.
>Pakistan’s military says there will be “no de-escalation” with India until it has responded fully to India’s strikes on Wednesday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/9/live-india-pakistan-tensions-surge-as-both-sides-trade-attack-claims
>India-Pakistan Conflict Intensifies: Live Updates
>India-Pakistan Enter Third Night of Conflict
>Both countries accused each other of aiming attacks at territories well beyond their disputed Kashmir border. As night fell late Friday, India reported heavy drone incursions in the country’s north.
>It appeared to be another night of heavy drone intrusions into India, with explosions reported in the skies of several cities in the country’s north. Residents of several north Indian cities, including Srinagar and Jammu in the Kashmir region as well as Ferozpur and Amritsar in the state of Punjab, reported blackouts and explosions. The state broadcaster quoted Indian defense forces as saying they had sighted drones in 26 locations.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/09/world/india-pakistan-kashmir
>Amid spiralling tensions with India, Pakistan has flatly refused to step back from confrontation. At a high-level press briefing, Pak military spokesperson Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said, "We will not de-escalate. India should expect a response for the damage they have caused."
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/pakistan-military-refuses-to-de-escalate-fires-more-drones-at-india-await-our-response-/videoshow/121038550.cms
>Blasts rang out across Indian-administered Kashmir and the city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state, with the Indian military saying they were shooting down drones, while heavy cross-border artillery exchanges have resumed in the worst fighting with Pakistan in nearly three decades.
>Pakistan’s military says there will be “no de-escalation” with India until it has responded fully to India’s strikes on Wednesday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/9/live-india-pakistan-tensions-surge-as-both-sides-trade-attack-claims
>India-Pakistan Conflict Intensifies: Live Updates
>India-Pakistan Enter Third Night of Conflict
>Both countries accused each other of aiming attacks at territories well beyond their disputed Kashmir border. As night fell late Friday, India reported heavy drone incursions in the country’s north.
>It appeared to be another night of heavy drone intrusions into India, with explosions reported in the skies of several cities in the country’s north. Residents of several north Indian cities, including Srinagar and Jammu in the Kashmir region as well as Ferozpur and Amritsar in the state of Punjab, reported blackouts and explosions. The state broadcaster quoted Indian defense forces as saying they had sighted drones in 26 locations.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/09/world/india-pakistan-kashmir
Matthew
May 9, 2025, 5:15:03 PMMay 9
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>India has sent warships equipped with supersonic cruise missiles towards Pakistan after days of cross-border clashes between the two nuclear-armed states.
>An Indian defence source said New Delhi has moved its western fleet closer to the northern Arabian Sea, placing it within striking range of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest port.
>Analysts have warned that striking Karachi could have catastrophic consequences for Pakistan, as the port handles 60 per cent of the country’s trade, as well as its naval headquarters.
>The navy’s deployment, reported by the Times of India, comes a day after India said it had intercepted a wave of Pakistani missile and drone attacks on 15 cities across its northern and western regions.
>On Friday night, ten explosions were reported around Srinagar International Airport in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
>It is understood that Pakistani drones were targeting sites the Sikh holy city of Amritsar, in the neighbouring Punjab state, according to Reuters.
>Jammu city in Indian-administered Kashmir was plunged into darkness on Friday after blasts were heard in the region and alarms sounded, officials said.
>In response, New Delhi said it hit Pakistan’s air defence systems in Lahore. Pakistan reported no damage, denied carrying out any attack on India and said it had intercepted 48 drones in the latest wave of attacks.
>At a Pakistani military briefing in the city of Rawalpindi, the army’s spokesman suggested that aggressive retaliation was to come.
>Holding up pictures of Pakistani children killed in the Indian strikes, Mr Chaudhry said: “Remember these pictures when you ask us what Pakistan is going to do.”
>Cross-border shelling since May 7 has killed nearly two dozen civilians near the Line of Control, the militarised boundary dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
https://archive.is/hOrlQ
>'No option left other than full blown war', says Pakistan's Khawaja Asif amid escalating tensions with India
https://www.firstpost.com/world/no-option-left-other-than-full-blown-war-says-pakistans-khawaja-asif-amid-escalating-tensions-with-india-13887101.html
>An Indian defence source said New Delhi has moved its western fleet closer to the northern Arabian Sea, placing it within striking range of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest port.
>Analysts have warned that striking Karachi could have catastrophic consequences for Pakistan, as the port handles 60 per cent of the country’s trade, as well as its naval headquarters.
>The navy’s deployment, reported by the Times of India, comes a day after India said it had intercepted a wave of Pakistani missile and drone attacks on 15 cities across its northern and western regions.
>On Friday night, ten explosions were reported around Srinagar International Airport in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
>It is understood that Pakistani drones were targeting sites the Sikh holy city of Amritsar, in the neighbouring Punjab state, according to Reuters.
>Jammu city in Indian-administered Kashmir was plunged into darkness on Friday after blasts were heard in the region and alarms sounded, officials said.
>In response, New Delhi said it hit Pakistan’s air defence systems in Lahore. Pakistan reported no damage, denied carrying out any attack on India and said it had intercepted 48 drones in the latest wave of attacks.
>At a Pakistani military briefing in the city of Rawalpindi, the army’s spokesman suggested that aggressive retaliation was to come.
>Holding up pictures of Pakistani children killed in the Indian strikes, Mr Chaudhry said: “Remember these pictures when you ask us what Pakistan is going to do.”
>Cross-border shelling since May 7 has killed nearly two dozen civilians near the Line of Control, the militarised boundary dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
https://archive.is/hOrlQ
>'No option left other than full blown war', says Pakistan's Khawaja Asif amid escalating tensions with India
https://www.firstpost.com/world/no-option-left-other-than-full-blown-war-says-pakistans-khawaja-asif-amid-escalating-tensions-with-india-13887101.html
Matthew
May 9, 2025, 9:28:14 PMMay 9
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>Pakistan said it had begun retaliation strikes after accusing India of targeting three of its military bases with missiles fired from fighter jets, in a major escalation of the brewing conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
>“India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base have been targeted,” Pakistan military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a live broadcast aired by state television early on Saturday.
>Chaudhry said India had fired six ballistic missiles from over the border in Punjab. He said most were intercepted by Pakistani air defences.
>Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi, where the military has its headquarters, is around 10km from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. In the aftermath of the strikes, Pakistan shut down its air space.
>India’s targeting of Pakistani army bases came hours after Indian said Pakistan had launched yet another wave of drone attacks across 26 locations over the state of Punjab and Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday night. Explosions were heard near the airport in Srinagar, the main city in India-administered Kashmir.
>Earlier in the day, India accused Pakistan of launching an attack using up to 400 drones to target cities, military bases and places of worship across the north of the country on Thursday.
>India said it had launched four drone strikes at Pakistan, directly targeting military defence infrastructure.
>a Pakistan security official said that Thursday night’s drone strikes were just to “heat things up” before Pakistan launched a fully fledged retaliatory attack. “When we hit back, everyone will know,” they said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pakistan-accuses-india-targeting-three-military-bases-tensions-escalate
>“India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base have been targeted,” Pakistan military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a live broadcast aired by state television early on Saturday.
>Chaudhry said India had fired six ballistic missiles from over the border in Punjab. He said most were intercepted by Pakistani air defences.
>Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi, where the military has its headquarters, is around 10km from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. In the aftermath of the strikes, Pakistan shut down its air space.
>India’s targeting of Pakistani army bases came hours after Indian said Pakistan had launched yet another wave of drone attacks across 26 locations over the state of Punjab and Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday night. Explosions were heard near the airport in Srinagar, the main city in India-administered Kashmir.
>Earlier in the day, India accused Pakistan of launching an attack using up to 400 drones to target cities, military bases and places of worship across the north of the country on Thursday.
>India said it had launched four drone strikes at Pakistan, directly targeting military defence infrastructure.
>a Pakistan security official said that Thursday night’s drone strikes were just to “heat things up” before Pakistan launched a fully fledged retaliatory attack. “When we hit back, everyone will know,” they said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pakistan-accuses-india-targeting-three-military-bases-tensions-escalate
Matthew
May 9, 2025, 11:01:30 PMMay 9
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>Pakistan has launched attacks on "multiple targets" across India, according to the media wing of Pakistan's military.
>Pakistan's military said it used medium-range Fateh missiles to strike more than 25 military sites, including airbases and weapons depots in the Indian states of Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan, as well as locations in India-administered Kashmir.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pakistans-army-spokesman-says-india-230318619.html
>Pakistan's military said it used medium-range Fateh missiles to strike more than 25 military sites, including airbases and weapons depots in the Indian states of Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan, as well as locations in India-administered Kashmir.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pakistans-army-spokesman-says-india-230318619.html
Matthew
May 10, 2025, 3:57:32 AMMay 10
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>India and Pakistan strike air bases as conflict escalates
>Senior Indian official killed
>Cyberattack ‘disables 70pc of India’s power grid’
>Indian officials said on Saturday morning that Pakistan had begun moving troops towards forward positions, signalling an offensive posture and potential escalation.
>New Delhi confirmed on Friday it had activated 14 of its 32 Territorial Army (TA) infantry battalions and granted emergency mobilisation powers to the Chief of Army Staff as it reinforces troop deployments along the Pakistan border.
>Earlier, powerful explosions from Indian missiles struck multiple Pakistani air bases, quickly prompting Islamabad to announce counter-attacks on its neighbour’s military sites including a nuclear storage facility.
>Pakistan’s prime minister has called an extraordinary meeting of the civil-military authority responsible for decisions about nuclear weapons.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/10/india-pakistan-latest-news-war-nuclear-kashmir-missiles
>Senior Indian official killed
>Cyberattack ‘disables 70pc of India’s power grid’
>Indian officials said on Saturday morning that Pakistan had begun moving troops towards forward positions, signalling an offensive posture and potential escalation.
>New Delhi confirmed on Friday it had activated 14 of its 32 Territorial Army (TA) infantry battalions and granted emergency mobilisation powers to the Chief of Army Staff as it reinforces troop deployments along the Pakistan border.
>Earlier, powerful explosions from Indian missiles struck multiple Pakistani air bases, quickly prompting Islamabad to announce counter-attacks on its neighbour’s military sites including a nuclear storage facility.
>Pakistan’s prime minister has called an extraordinary meeting of the civil-military authority responsible for decisions about nuclear weapons.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/10/india-pakistan-latest-news-war-nuclear-kashmir-missiles
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