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Globe and Mail
12-05-2025
- General
- Globe and Mail
India and Pakistan delay talks to discuss next steps after ceasefire
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Zawya
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Zawya
India, Pakistan military operations chiefs' talks set for Monday evening, Indian army says
NEW DELHI: Talks between the military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan have been delayed and are now set for Monday evening, the Indian army said. The telephone conversation, which follows a ceasefire agreement between the nuclear-armed neighbours after four days of deadly fighting last week, was earlier scheduled to take place at noon (0630 GMT). (Reporting by Shivam Patel, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Military officials of India, Pakistan to discuss next steps, India says, as ceasefire holds
By Aftab Ahmed and Shivam Patel JAMMU, India (Reuters) - The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan will discuss on Monday the next steps for the nuclear-armed neighbours after a ceasefire returns calm to the border, following their fiercest fighting in nearly three decades. There were no reports of explosions or projectiles overnight, after some initial ceasefire violations, with the Indian Army saying Sunday was the first peaceful night in recent days along the border, although some schools remain closed. Saturday's ceasefire in the Himalayan region, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, followed four days of intense firing and diplomacy and pressure from Washington. India's military sent a "hotline" message to Pakistan on Sunday about the previous day's ceasefire violations, flagging New Delhi's intent to respond to further such incidents, a top Indian army officer said. A spokesman for Pakistan's military denied any violations. In a statement on Saturday, India's foreign ministry said both sides' director generals of military operations would speak with each other on Monday at 1200 hours (0630 GMT). Pakistan has not made any comment on plans for a call. The arch rivals had targeted each other's military installations with missiles and drones, killing dozens of civilians as relations turned sour after India blamed Pakistan for an attack that killed 26 tourists. Pakistan denies the accusations and has called for a neutral investigation. India said it launched strikes on nine 'terrorist infrastructure' sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday, but Islamabad has said those were civilian sites. While Islamabad has thanked Washington for facilitating the ceasefire and welcomed Trump's offer to mediate on the Kashmir dispute with India, New Delhi has not commented on U.S. involvement in the truce or talks at a neutral site. India, which says disputes with Pakistan have to be resolved directly by the neighbours, has rejected the involvement of any third party. Hindu-majority India and Muslim Pakistan both rule part of the Himalayan region of Kashmir, but claim it in full. India blames Pakistan for an insurgency in its part of Kashmir that began in 1989, but Pakistan says it provides only moral, political and diplomatic support to Kashmiri separatists.
RNZ News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Blasts rock India-administered Kashmir, Amritsar as Pakistan conflict escalates
By Aftab Ahmed , Charlotte Greenfield and Shivam Patel , Reuters Men read local newspapers with frontpage articles on India-Pakistan conflict in Amritsar on 8 May, 2025 a day after India launched strikes on Pakistan. Photo: NARINDER NANU / AFP Blasts rang out across India-administered Kashmir and the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state late on Friday, with the Indian military saying they were shooting down drones in the worst fighting with Pakistan in nearly three decades. The explosions in Amritsar - the first heard in the three-day-old conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours - could mark a further expansion in the hostilities that have alarmed world powers Projectiles and flashes were seen in the night sky above the India-administered Kashmir city of Jammu that was plunged into a blackout in the second night of blasts in the region's winter capital, officials and a Reuters journalist said. "Drones have been sighted ... They are being engaged," said an Indian military official who asked not to be named. Ten blasts were heard near the airport in the India-administered Kashmir city of Srinagar and there were explosions in a dozen other locations in the contested region, other security officials added. There was no immediate comment from Pakistan which dismissed Indian accusations that it had launched attacks on the same area on Thursday night. The old foes have been clashing since India struck several areas that it described as "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan on Wednesday in retaliation for a deadly attack on Hindu tourists in India-administered Kashmir last month. Pakistan dismissed Indian accusations that it was involved. Both countries have exchanged cross-border fire and shelling and sent drones and missiles into each other's airspace. Around 48 people have been killed since Wednesday, according to casualty estimates on both sides of the border that have not been independently verified. Tourists and villagers fled border zones, residents rushed to stockpile food and people were told to stay indoors in cities in Kashmir and beyond. India's cricket board on Friday suspended the IPL - the sport's richest tournament - and the Pakistan Super League postponed its remaining eight matches. The relationship between India and Pakistan has been fraught with tension since they gained independence from colonial Britain in 1947. The countries have fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir, and clashed many times. India's airforce earlier said Pakistan used Turkish drones to attack 36 locations on India's west and northwest, in Kashmir and further afield in states bordering Pakistan all the way to the edge of the Arabian Sea on Thursday night into Friday morning. India responded with drones on targets in Pakistan and destroyed one air defence system, Indian Air Force officer Vyomika Singh told a media briefing. Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar had dismissed earlier Indian accusations of Pakistani attacks as "baseless and misleading" and said Pakistan had not carried out any "offensive actions". In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, officials said heavy shelling from across the border killed five civilians, including an infant, and wounded 29 others in the early hours of Friday. The fighting is the deadliest since a limited conflict between the two countries in Kashmir's Kargil region in 1999. Sirens had blared for more than two hours earlier on Friday in Amritsar, which houses the Golden Temple revered by Sikhs. Tourists fled the city by road as the airport was closed. "We really wanted to stay but the loud sounds, sirens, and blackouts are giving us sleepless nights. Our families back home are worried for us so we have booked a cab and are leaving," said a British national who did not want to be named. Schools and coaching centres were closed in the Bikaner region of India's desert state of Rajasthan, and residents near the Pakistan border said they were asked to move further away and consider moving in with relatives or using accommodation arranged by the government. Further south in Bhuj in Gujarat, authorities said tourist buses had been kept on standby in case they needed to evacuate people near the Pakistan border. India's Directorate General of Shipping directed all ports, terminals and shipyards to increase security, amid "growing concerns regarding potential threats". Indian shares fell for a second straight session on Friday, losing about US$83 billion in market value, with both key stock indexes losing 1.1 percent. Pakistan's benchmark share index closed 3.52 percent higher with traders crediting a fall off in violence in Pakistani territory after Thursday's clashes. - Reuters
Daily Maverick
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Maverick
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
India says it struck terrorist sites in Pakistan Pakistan says mosques, civilians hit, vows to respond Pakistan says it shot down Indian planes Heavy cross-border shelling by both sides Officials say 8 killed in Pakistan, 3 in India UN chief urges restraint Adds Indian deaths, analyst comments, details throughout By Asif Shahzad and Shivam Patel India said it struck nine Pakistani 'terrorist infrastructure' sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist militants on Hindu tourists that killed 26 people in Indian Kashmir last month. Islamabad said six Pakistani locations were targeted, with eight people killed. Indian forces attacked the headquarters of Islamist militant groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Indian defence source told Reuters. 'India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,' the Indian defence ministry said in a statement. Pakistan said Indian missiles hit three sites and a military spokesperson told Reuters five Indian aircraft had been shot down, a claim not confirmed by India. 'All of these engagements have been done as a defensive measure,' military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said. 'Pakistan remains a very responsible state. However, we will take all the steps necessary for defending the honour, integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan, at all cost.' Islamabad called the assault a 'blatant act of war' and said it had informed the U.N. Security Council that Pakistan reserved the right to respond appropriately to Indian aggression. The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours also exchanged intense shelling and heavy gunfire across much of their de facto border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, police and witnesses told Reuters. India and Pakistan have fought two wars since 1947 over Muslim-majority Kashmir, which both sides claim in full and control in part. Since a 2003 ceasefire, to which both countries recommitted in 2021, targeted strikes between the neighbours are extremely rare, especially Indian strikes on Pakistani areas outside Pakistani Kashmir. But analysts said the risk of escalation is higher than in the recent past due to the severity of India's attack, which New Delhi called 'Operation Sindoor'. U.S. President Donald Trump called the situation 'a shame' and added, 'I hope it ends quickly.' U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for maximum military restraint from both countries, a spokesperson said. SMOKE, FIRE A Pakistani military spokesperson said eight people had been killed in the Indian strikes, 35 were injured and two were missing. The Pakistani army's shelling across the frontier in Kashmir killed three civilians, the Indian army said. Indian TV channels showed videos of explosions, fire, large plumes of smoke in the night sky and people fleeing in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. Reuters could not independently verify the footage. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Islamabad was responding to the Indian attacks but did not provide details. Pakistan's populous province of Punjab declared an emergency, its chief minister said, and hospitals and emergency services were on high alert. A Pakistani military spokesperson told broadcaster Geo that two mosques were among the sites hit by India. The Pakistani defence minister told Geo that all the sites were civilian and not militant camps. He said India's claim of targeting 'camps of terrorists is false'. After India's strikes, the Indian army said in a post on X on Wednesday: 'Justice is served.' STOCK FUTURES, AIRLINES IMPACTED A spokesperson for the Indian Embassy in Washington told Reuters that evidence pointed 'towards the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in this terror attack,' referring to the April tourist killings. India said two of three suspects in that attack were Pakistani nationals but had not detailed its evidence. Pakistan denied that it had anything to do with the April killings. News of the strikes impacted Indian stock futures mildly, with the GIFT NIFTY GIFC1at 24,311, 0.3% below the NIFTY 50's .NSEIlast close of 24,379.6 on Tuesday. Several airlines including India's largest airline, IndiGo Air India and Qatar Airways canceled flights in areas of India and Pakistan due to closures of airports and airspace Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other senior Indian officials briefed counterparts in Britain, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, an Indian source told Reuters. The Indian strike goes far beyond New Delhi's response to previous attacks in Kashmir blamed on Pakistan. Those include India's 2019 air strike on Pakistan after 40 Indian paramilitary police were killed in Kashmir and India's retaliation for the deaths of 18 soldiers in 2016. 'Given the scale of the Indian strike, which was far greater than what we saw in 2019, we can expect a sizable Pakistani response,' said Michael Kugelman, a Washington-based South Asia analyst and writer for the Foreign Policy magazine. 'All eyes will be on India's next move. We've had a strike and a counter strike, and what comes next will be the strongest indication of just how serious a crisis this could become,' he said.
