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Arab News
5 days ago
- General
- Arab News
Four soldiers, seven ‘Indian-sponsored' militants killed in Pakistan's northwest, military says
ISLAMABAD: Four Pakistani soldiers and seven 'Indian-sponsored' militants were killed in separate encounters in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Pakistani military said late Thursday. Islamabad has accused India of orchestrating several militant attacks in Pakistan, amid heightened tensions between the two neighbors since traded fire earlier this month in worst fighting between them in decades. New Delhi denies the allegations. On Thursday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani military's media wing, said the militants attempted to attack a security forces' check-post in KP's North Waziristan district, which was effectively thwarted by Pakistani forces. 'Indian sponsored khwarij [militants] attempted to attack a Security Forces Check Post in general area Shawal, North Waziristan District. The attempt was effectively thwarted by own troops and in ensuing fire exchange, six Indian sponsored khwarij were sent to hell,' it said in a statement. 'However, during intense fire exchange, Lt. Daniyal Ismail… a brave young officer who was leading his troops from front, fought gallantly and embraced Shahadat along with his three men.' Pakistani security forces neutralized one more 'Indian-sponsored' militant in another encounter in the Chitral district, according to the ISPR. 'Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored kharji found in the area,' it added. Pakistan and India often accuse each other of supporting militancy. This month's standoff, which saw the neighbors trade missiles, drones and artillery fire, was triggered by an attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir that India blamed on Pakistan. Islamabad has denied involvement. Islamabad blames India of backing a separatist insurgency in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province as well as religiously motivated militant groups, like the Pakistani Taliban, in KP. India denies the allegations.
NHK
21-05-2025
- Politics
- NHK
China shows support for Pakistan's territorial integrity
Pakistan's foreign minister has had talks with his Chinese counterpart amid the ongoing tension with India over the disputed Kashmir region. Ishaq Dar, who is also Pakistan's deputy prime minister, met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday. The two discussed the escalation of Pakistan-India tensions. China emphasized its support for Pakistan safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The recent conflict was triggered by a terror attack last month in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people. The two countries engaged in several days of tit-for-tat missile and drone strikes. They agreed a ceasefire earlier this month brokered by the United States, but have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce. Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement that Dar stressed that the dispute over Kashmir needs to be resolved in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions in order to secure lasting peace in the region. Beijing said Wang supported efforts to achieve a lasting ceasefire through dialogue. The two sides also agreed to deepen cooperation in various fields including industry and agriculture under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Arab News
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Pakistan army warns of decades-long ‘consequences' if India blocks Indus waters
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The Pakistani military warns that any Indian attempt to follow through on recent threats to cut Islamabad's share of the Indus River water system would trigger consequences lasting for generations, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors are running high. New Delhi unilaterally suspended a decades-old water-sharing agreement with its nuclear-armed neighbor last month, as it blamed Pakistan for a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir — Islamabad denied any involvement. The incident was followed by days of cross-border fire as India launched on May 6 a series of strikes across the Line of Control — the de facto border that separates the Indian-controlled and Pakistani-controlled parts of the disputed Kashmir territory. It also hit other sites on the Pakistani mainland, targeting what it claimed were militant positions. Pakistan retaliated with strikes on Indian military targets before a US-brokered ceasefire took effect on May 10. Despite the ceasefire, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this week that his country would stop the water from flowing — a move Pakistan has earlier said was a direct threat to its survival and an act of war. Brokered by the World Bank, the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty has withstood multiple Indian-Pakistani wars. If India weaponizes water and blocks the flow of an Indus River tributary — vital to Pakistan's food security — its military says it will act. 'I hope that time doesn't come, but it will be such actions that the world will see and the consequences of that we will fight for years and decades to come. Nobody dares stop water from Pakistan,' Maj. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, spokesperson of the Pakistan Armed Forces, told Arab News on Friday. 'It is some madman who can think that he can stop water of 240 million plus people of this country.' India's recent attacks have killed 40 civilians, including 22 women and children, according to Pakistan's official figures. As Pakistan retaliated, it hit 26 Indian military targets. It stopped the retaliatory strikes as soon as the ceasefire was reached. 'Pakistan armed forces are a professional armed forces and we adhere to the commitments that we make, and we follow in letter and spirit the instructions of the political government and the commitments that they hold,' Chaudhry said. 'As far as Pakistan army is concerned, this ceasefire will hold easily and there have been confidence building measures in communication between both the sides.' Both countries have already blamed each other for violating the ceasefire multiple times since it took effect. 'If any violation occurs, our response is always there ... but it is only directed at those posts and those positions from where the violations of the ceasefire happen. We never target the civilians. We never target any civil infrastructure,' Chaudhry said. According to the Pakistani military, India has lost six airplanes and an S-400 air defense system — Russia's most advanced surface to air missile system — in the four-day conflict. Among the downed warplanes were several French aircraft Rafale. Earlier reports suggested India had lost five fighter jets, but Pakistan's prime minister announced earlier this week that there were six. 'I can confirm that the sixth aircraft is a Mirage 2000,' Chaudhry said. 'We only targeted the aircraft ... We could have taken out more, but we showed restraint.' Satellite photos captured after India's strikes on May 6, show significant damage to multiple Pakistani air bases. High-resolution images from Maxar Technologies show large craters on runways and destruction of hangars and support structures at these facilities. Chaudhry said that despite damage to infrastructure, they remained active: 'There are ways through which Pakistan Air Force immediately sets these bases operational — they are all operational.' He warned of a high potential for renewed conflict despite the ceasefire, as long as the core issue, Kashmir, remains unaddressed. Predominantly Muslim, Kashmiri territory has been the subject of international dispute since the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. Both countries claim Kashmir in full, and rule in part. Indian-administered Kashmir has for decades witnessed outbreaks of separatist insurgency to resist control from the government in New Delhi. In 2019, the Indian government revoked the region's constitutional semi-autonomy and downgraded it from a state to a union territory under New Delhi's direct control. Indian officials have repeatedly said that the move aimed at tackling separatism and bringing economic development and peace to Kashmir. 'Their policy on Kashmir — of oppression and trying to internalize it — is not working,' Chaudhry said. 'Till the time Indians don't sit and talk about Kashmir, then (as) two countries we sit, and we find a solution to it, the conflict potential is there.'
Arab News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Pakistan military says it will not let India set precedent for cross-border strikes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military said on Friday it would not allow India to 'set a new norm' where it could carry out cross-border strikes at will, vowing to defend the country's sovereignty and respond at a time and place of its choosing. The two South Asian nuclear rivals have been on the brink of a full-scale war since India carried out strikes on multiple locations in Pakistan on Wednesday, in response to a deadly April 22 attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that left 26 tourists dead. New Delhi blamed Islamabad for the attack, a charge Pakistan has denied. In the days since, Pakistan has claimed to have downed five Indian fighter jets and over 75 drones, while India said it had retaliated against Pakistani air and drone assaults by destroying an air defense system in Lahore. Global powers have urged both sides to exercise restraint, but tensions remain high. 'They want to set a new norm that at their convenience, whenever they feel like it, they will go cross-border, cross-international, and hit wherever they like,' Pakistan military spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a briefing to foreign media. 'What do you think of Pakistan — that we will allow all this to happen after clearly saying we have every right to protect the honor, integrity and sovereignty of our people?' He added that Pakistan would respond 'at the time, place and method of our choosing.' During the briefing, Chaudhry displayed images of children killed in Indian strikes and asked journalists to keep them in mind. 'Please remember these pictures when you talk about what's happening on the ground and when you ask us what Pakistan is going to do,' he said. Accusing India of sponsoring 'terrorism,' Chaudhry alleged that Indian agencies were operating training camps inside their country and directing armed groups to increase attacks on Pakistani soil. 'They have networks of people whom they train and equip with weapons,' he said. 'Instructions have been issued to terrorist groups to ramp up activities against Pakistan.' India and Pakistan have fought multiple wars, but this is the most serious escalation since both countries became declared nuclear powers in May 1998. The disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both sides claim in full but control in part, has long been a flashpoint and the cause of repeated military skirmishes.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Indo-Pak Crisis: Big Jolt to Pakistan As UNSC Meeting Flops
/ May 06, 2025, 11:20AM IST In a big setback for Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a high-level meeting urgently called by Islamabad amid rising India-Pakistan tensions has ended without any decision or action. Pakistan hoped to corner India diplomatically following the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, but the international body offered no support. This development marks a major diplomatic failure for Pakistan and a strong stance by India in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.#india #pakistan #unitednations #UNSC #PakistanIndiaTensions #IndusWatersTreaty #IndiaPakistanConflict #UNSecurityCouncil #SouthAsiaPolitics #IndiaForeignPolicy #WaterDispute #pahalgamattack #toibharat
