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Sinar Daily
08-05-2025
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India and Pakistan: A history of armed conflict
The two sides have fought multiple conflicts -- ranging from skirmishes to all-out war -- since their bloody partition in 1947. 07 May 2025 11:25am An Indian security personnel (L) stands guard as people watch on in Wuyan near Indian-administered Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on May 7, 2025. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP) NEW DELHI - Long-running tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan soared Wednesday after New Delhi launched deadly strikes at Pakistani territory. The missiles killed at least eight people, according to Pakistan, which said it had begun retaliating in a major escalation between the South Asian neighbours. India accuses Pakistan of backing the deadliest attack in years on civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, in which 26 men were killed. Islamabad has rejected the charge. Both countries have since exchanged gunfire in Kashmir, expelled citizens and ordered the border shut. Trucks transport army tanks on a road in Muridke, about 30 kilometres from Lahore, on May 7, 2025. India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early on May 7, killing at least eight people, according to Pakistan, which said it had begun retaliating in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals. (Photo by Murtaz Ali / AFP) Since the April attack soldiers on each side have fired across the Line of Control, the de facto border in contested Kashmir, a heavily fortified zone of Himalayan outposts. The two sides have fought multiple conflicts -- ranging from skirmishes to all-out war -- since their bloody partition in 1947. 1947: Partition Two centuries of British rule ends on August 15, 1947, with the sub-continent divided into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. The poorly prepared partition unleashes bloodshed that kills possibly more than a million people and displaces 15 million others. Kashmir's monarch dithers on whether to submit to Indian or Pakistani rule. After the suppression of an uprising against his rule, Pakistan-backed militants attack. He seeks India's help, precipitating an all-out war between the countries. A UN-backed, 770-kilometre (480-mile) ceasefire line in January 1949 divides Kashmir. 1965: Kashmir Pakistan launches a second war in August 1965 when it invades India-administered Kashmir. Thousands are killed before a September ceasefire brokered by the Soviet Union and the United States. 1971: Bangladesh Pakistan deploys troops in 1971 to suppress an independence movement in what is now Bangladesh, which it had governed since 1947 as East Pakistan. An estimated three million people are killed in the nine-month conflict and millions flee into India. India invades, leading to the creation of the independent nation of Bangladesh. 1989-90: Kashmir An uprising breaks out in Kashmir in 1989 as grievances at Indian rule boil over. Tens of thousands of soldiers, rebels and civilians are killed in the following decades. India accuses Pakistan of funding the rebels and aiding their weapons training. 1999: Kargil Pakistan-backed militants seize Indian military posts in the icy heights of the Kargil mountains. Pakistan yields after severe pressure from Washington, alarmed by intelligence reports showing Islamabad had deployed part of its nuclear arsenal nearer to the conflict. At least 1,000 people are killed over 10 weeks. 2019: Kashmir A suicide attack on a convoy of Indian security forces kills 40 in Pulwama. India, which is busy with campaigning for general elections, sends fighter jets which carry out air strikes on Pakistani territory to target an alleged militant training camp. One Indian jet is shot down over Pakistani-controlled territory, with the captured pilot safely released within days back to India. - AFP More Like This
Sinar Daily
08-05-2025
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India says its missiles hit sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir
The Indian army, in a video posted on its X account, said "justice is served," with New Delhi adding that its actions "have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature". 07 May 2025 08:35am People gather after evacuating their houses as they stand along a street in Muridke, about 30kms from Lahore on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Murtaz Ali / AFP) Paramilitary soldiers arrive at the Government Health and Educational Complex in Muridke, about 30kms from Lahore on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Murtaz Ali / AFP) A flare goes up in air over the hill near main town of Poonch district, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP) POONCH - India said Wednesday it carried out "precision strikes at terrorist camps" inside Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region. The long-simmering conflict between the neighbouring nuclear powers intensified dramatically overnight. Fighter jets roared through the skies over the Himalayan territory early Wednesday and the sounds of explosions could be heard near the so-called Line of Control. "A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched 'OPERATION SINDOOR', hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed," the government said in a statement. The Indian army, in a video posted on its X account, said "justice is served," with New Delhi adding that its actions "have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature". "No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted," it added. "India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution". Loud explosions were heard in the town of Poonch, only about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the dividing line, as New Delhi accused Pakistan of firing shells across the Line of Control. Indian fighter jets could be heard flying over Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, while explosions were heard in Wuyan, a few kilometers (miles) from Srinagar's military headquarters. "Pakistan again violates the Ceasefire Agreement by firing Artillery in Bhimber Gali in Poonch - Rajauri area," on the Indian side, the Indian army said in a post on X. The army "is responding appropriately in a calibrated manner," it added. The bilateral ties between the two countries plummeted after gunmen killed 26 mainly Hindu civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. Cross-border exchanges of fire started two days after that attack at a small meadow near Pahalgam in Indian-controlled part of the territory. New Delhi accused its arch-rival of backing the attackers, a charge rejected by Islamabad. The nuclear-armed neighbours have exchanged nightly gunfire since April 24 along the de facto border in Kashmir. The two sides also announced sweeping tit-for-tat punitive diplomatic sanctions -- including cancelling visas for each other's citizens. The South Asian rivals have fought two wars and numerous skirmishes over control of the Himalayan territory of Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday warned that water from India flowing into neighbouring countries including Pakistan will be stopped, days after suspending a key water treaty with Islamabad. - AFP More Like This
