The Arch-rivals are back at it again dangerous situation.
International • 22:22 • Modified at 22:47 India launches missile strikes on Kashmir, Pakistan vows revenge Author : BNR Web Editors India has launched multiple missile attacks on Pakistani areas, the Pakistani army reports. India reports that it has hit at least nine targets in Operation Sindoor. Several explosions were heard on Tuesday evening in an area near the Pakistani city of Muzaffarabad, the city that is located about 130 kilometers north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad and on the border of the disputed Kashmir region.
India has launched multiple missile attacks on Pakistani areas, the Pakistani army reported.
Pakistan has vowed revenge for the attacks. A Pakistani security source told Reuters that one child was killed in the attacks, and two others were reportedly injured. One of the targets hit was a religious educational institution in the Pakistani city of Bahawalpur, near the Indian border.
'Operation Sindoor' India reports that it has launched Operation Sindoor with attacks on Pakistan. According to the country, the aim was to attack "terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan". It also concerns targets in disputed areas in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian army emphasizes that it has not carried out attacks on Pakistani military bases. On X, the Indian forces report that "justice has prevailed
Pakistan has halted air traffic because of the airstrikes. Flights that were already en route have been diverted to Karachi, a city in southern Pakistan, far from the unrest.
Read also Airlines avoid Pakistan airspace amid tensions with India Tensions have been rising between India and Pakistan since a terrorist attack in late April in the Indian territories of Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 Hindu tourists. India blames the Pakistan-based group The Resistance Front, affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba, for the attack. In response, India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, downgraded diplomatic ties and closed border crossings.
Nuclear powers Pakistan denies involvement, but has in turn closed its airspace to Indian aircraft and halted trade. Armed clashes have since taken place along the ceasefire line in Kashmir, further increasing tensions between the two nuclear powers.
International • May 7, 22:31 • Modified on May 7, 22:31 'US has best cards to mediate between India and Pakistan' Author : Thijs Baas The United States is the designated country to act as a mediator between India and Pakistan. It has considerable influence on both countries, says Fons Stoelinga, former ambassador to India. 'The US has always worked closely with Pakistan against the Soviet Union during the Cold War and in Afghanistan, with the Taliban.'
You have to hear this 'US has best cards to mediate between India and Pakistan'
11 min 44 sec At the moment, however, Pakistan seems to be increasingly dancing to China's tune, says Stoelinga. The country is almost bankrupt and with a debt of 30 billion dollars to China, that country smells its chance. 'The United States forced the IMF to keep Pakistan afloat with a huge loan.' The US never had that influence on India, but that seems to be changing for the better. 'Both the US and India see China as the biggest problem in Asia and in the world. The US needs India as a counterweight to China, and vice versa.'
'India wants to prepare its population a little for disasters and war scenarios' Lisa Dupuy, correspondent Pakistan is on high alert. All units have been called to prepare for a response, but what that will look like is still unknown. The country believes it has the right to self-defense, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said after the emergency session of Pakistan's National Security Committee. The army, medics, police and other agencies have been called to prepare for a response. What that will look like is still unknown, reports India correspondent Lisa Dupuy.
Read also Final declaration at G20 summit far from certain In Delhi, meanwhile, the Pakistani response is eagerly awaited. The big question is what the scale and the circumstances of such a Pakistani response will be. For many analysts, it is beyond doubt that Pakistan will respond militarily. The scale of the attacks last night was considerable, says Dupuy. Pakistan reports that civilian infrastructure was also attacked, India swears that it only targeted terrorist groups. The country will probably launch a counterattack on the same scale. 'But we don't know more than that yet.'
Read also India, Pakistan rapidly climb escalation ladder, 'intense crisis' phase begins There is no crisis communication system or hotline between India and Pakistan, says Dupuy. That is why a mediator is not an unnecessary luxury. Tensions are also rising in Delhi, with civil exercises here and there. 'India wants to prepare the population a little for disasters and war scenarios. Pakistan will first want to fight back and then perhaps be open to a mediator and de-escalation. Previously, that was the US, but at the moment it is unclear whether it has the political will to simply step in.'
Going need a war sub section with the amount of war threads sadly we have, what a depressing world we live in.
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Going need a war sub section with the amount of war threads sadly we have, what a depressing world we live in.
You are right and nobody is talking about Sudan !
Genocide Sudan is in the throes of a violent civil war. Increasingly, reports of rape, looting and torture are emerging. Mass graves, beheadings and child murder are a reality for millions of people. The escalation of violence dates back to 2019, when the government army (Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir and a few years later started a battle for power among themselves. The official death toll is sixteen thousand, but that number could easily be ten times higher, says Sudan expert Joe Siegle of think tank AISS.
More than ten million people have now fled, more than anywhere else in the world. The UN World Food Programme warns that the world's worst famine is also imminent: more than twenty million Sudanese are at risk of dying from malnutrition. Since May, human rights organisation Human Rights Watch has been speaking of suspected genocide in the west of the country.
Raw materials Sudan has a lot to offer. The country in northeastern Africa is home to a lot of gold and diamonds, which the warring army units used to become rich. The Russian Africa Corps (formerly Wagner Group) operates mines there, through which Putin obtains about 10 percent of his gold reserves from the country, in exchange for which he gives weapons. His invasion of Ukraine is therefore partly paid for with Sudanese gold, which explains why Ukraine is interfering with it by means of the drone in the video. But there are many other countries with a finger in the pie, the most important two being the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. They are involved in a mutual battle for regional influence .
NOS News • today, 02:22 Pakistan and India launch missile attacks on each other Share this article According to the Pakistani military, India on Saturday carried out several missile attacks on three air bases.
One of those bases is on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, near the army headquarters. Eyewitnesses told Reuters news agency that heavy explosions were heard.
A Pakistani army spokesman says most of the missiles have been intercepted and have not hit their targets. According to Pakistani state broadcaster, missiles have now been fired at India. Pakistani airspace is now closed.
The G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States) are calling on Pakistan and India to exercise restraint and urging both countries to engage in talks.
India and Pakistan have been at each other's throats since at least 26 Indian tourists were killed in a terrorist attack in Kashmir on April 22. India accuses Pakistan of being behind the attack. Pakistan denies this. Tensions between the two countries have been running high ever since.
Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary secular democratic republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. India because they have the most people on earth should take a leading role in the world.
International • May 31, 3:27 PM • Modified on May 31, 3:27 PM India, Pakistan intensify arms race with full focus on drones Author : Myrthe Koopman Following the recent escalation in the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, both countries are going to invest large sums in drones. This is reported by Reuters news agency based on interviews with fifteen people involved, including security officials, leading figures in the defense industry and analysts. A new arms race between India and Pakistan seems to have started.
Drone attacks in the Kashmir region have caused widespread destruction.
In early May, the northern Indian city of Jammu was hit hard. India’s air defense system opened fire on drones from neighboring Pakistan. The two countries have been at odds for decades, but May was the first time that unmanned aerial vehicles were used on a large scale on either side.
Direct fighting between the two countries has now stopped thanks to US intervention. But now it seems that both superpowers are engaged in an arms race with drones. Reuters spoke to several people involved, and two of them say that they expect the use of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles, ed.) to increase in the near future. Small-scale drones can hit targets without the people who operate them running the risk of being injured.
Read also India warns Pakistan, 'zero tolerance for state terrorism' India India is planning to invest heavily in the local industry. The country plans to invest $470 million in UAVs over the next 12 to 24 months. That is three times the amount India was investing in drones before the escalation of the conflict with Pakistan, says Smit Shah of Drone Federation India.
Earlier this month, Delhi approved $4.6 billion in emergency funds for military procurement. The Indian military plans to use the money to buy combat and surveillance drones. Normally, defense procurement in India involves years of bureaucratic processes. But now, it appears that officials are speeding things up.
Pakistan Meanwhile, the Pakistani air force is also pushing for the purchase of more UAVs to prevent advanced aircraft from being compromised, a Pakistani source said. Both Pakistan and India deployed the advanced Generation 4.5 fighter jets during the latest escalation. But Islamabad is relatively cash-strapped, and thus has only about 20 Chinese-made J-10 fighters. Delhi has many times that number.
Read also India sells weapons to Armenia, souring relations with Erdogan There is a good chance that Pakistan will fall back on existing relationships to obtain the drones. In particular, the focus is on intensifying cooperation with China and Turkey to promote the production of drones. However, the Pakistani military declined to respond to questions from Reuters, and the Indian Ministry of Defense did not respond to a request for comment.
The fighting in May, the worst between the neighbours this century, left several people dead. Delhi says it was the work of "terrorists" backed by Islamabad, which denies the accusations. Both countries then sent drones at each other, and also claim successes.
