Tensions between India and Pakistan continue to worsen nearly two months after the Mumbai attacks. Today, Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor commented on the increase in the number of Pakistani troops along the powder-keg border between the two. Gen. Kapoor said...
India Threatens to Sever Ties With Pakistan
In an interview today, Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram accused Pakistan of "doing nothing" to assist India since November's Mumbai attacks and said if this doesn't change his government plans to sever all business, transport and tourist links with...
Afghan Militants Launch Bold Attack Into Pakistan
Over 600 militants from both the local area and Afghanistan launched a frontal assault on three checkpoints in Pakistan's border Mohmand Agency, sparking a several hour gunfight which led to the deaths of at least 40 of the attackers and six Pakistani soldiers. At...
Singh: Pakistani Govt ‘Must Have’ Backed Mumbai Attack
"Unfortunately, we cannot choose our neighbors." Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused Pakistani government agencies of being involved in November's Mumbai terrorist attacks, and said the Pakistani government was using terrorism "as an instrument of state...
US Drone Kills Four in Attack on South Waziristan School
It's the second day of the new year and the United States has launched its second attack in South Waziristan. Tribal sources had been reporting two US drones hovering over the area of Ladha Tehsil, in South Waziristan Agency, before the attack. The two Hellfire...
US Drone Strikes Kill Five in South Waziristan
It was far from a happy New Year for the resident of South Waziristan's Karikot region, after US drones fired three missiles, killing five people and sewing panic in the streets. All five killed were in a vehicle struck by one of the missiles, and another inside the...
Pakistan Concerned by Growing Indian Presence on Border
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi reported today that neighboring India "has activated their forward air bases," and urged dialogue between the two nations to solve their long-standing disputes over Kashmir. Minister Qureshi suggested that if India...
Pakistan Closes Khyber Pass
In addition to announcing a massive military offensive in the Khyber Agency, the Pakistani government today proclaimed the Khyber Pass, the source of nearly three quarters of the supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, closed until further notice. The military imposed...
Pakistan Shifts Troops From Afghan Border to Indian Border
Pakistani troops mass along India’s border… is it a prelude to war or a ploy to silence international criticism?
Mixed Signals From India On War Prospects
India presses for fast track cluster bombs, both sides ratchet up border forces.


