The first war between India and Pakistan began only weeks after Partition. What started as a fight over Kashmir ended up shaping borders, politics and relations in South Asia for decades to come.

Kashmir’s historical relationship with Central Asia is deeply entrenched and stretches back to ancient times. The region has long been a meeting ground for diverse peoples, ideas, and cultures, influencing its political, economic, social, and cultural ...

The crisis - triggered after a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, and culminating in military strikes by India and retaliatory action from Pakistan - lasted barely 90 hours. But the conflict hardened political and diplomatic estrangement, leaving little space even for limited normalisation.

PULWAMA, India — Men and women filed into gender-segregated lines, huddling in shawls early Wednesday morning in this Himalayan territory. Many prepared to do something that they’d never done before: vote. Across Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents ...

On the intervening night of May 7-8, 2025, the Pakistan Army engaged in artillery shelling across the LoC, the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir between the two countries, causing heavy damage to areas such as Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch and Rajouri in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Wednesday, India announced it was putting a key river water sharing agreement on hold in response to the attack. India's External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday night that the ...

Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night, the Indian military said Saturday, as tensions flared between the nuclear-armed rivals following a deadly attack on tourists ...

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Residents of India-administered Kashmir begin voting in the first regional elections in a decade. It comes years after India's government stripped away the territory's statehood. Residents in India-administered Kashmir begin voting today in its first ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Kashmir’s biggest political party opposed to India’s stripping of the region’s semi-autonomy won the most seats in a local election, according to official data on Tuesday, following a vote seen as a referendum against the ...

For the better part of two days last week. India’s gaunt, silver-maned V. K. Krishna Menon waved his arms, flashed his eyes and showered the U.N. Security Council with words. When the torrent finally petered out, the exhausted Menon held the alltime U.N ...