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Pakistan open, 'not desperate' for talks with arch-rival India, says foreign minister

"Whenever they ask for a dialog, at whatever level, we are ready but we are not desperate," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told a news conference in Islamabad.

 People wave Pakistani flags in celebration after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Islamabad on May 10, 2025.
 FOR MANY in India, the attack in Kashmir in April felt like an echo of October 7, a reminder that Islamist terrorism is a global phenomenon.

India's October 7: Ambassador J. P. Singh speaks to 'Post' on terror attacks in Kashmir

 Military personnel with Indian Army stand guard at India Gate in New Delhi, India, May 8, 2025

The boiling East: How India can use military AI in Kashmir - opinion

 Supporters of Ulama Deoband Action Committee hold flags and placards as they shout slogans during a rally in support of Pakistan armed forces following India's military strikes on Pakistan, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, May 9, 2025.

India PM Modi warns Pakistan of more strikes if there is a 'terrorist attack'


How Islamist militant groups in Pakistan's foreign policy affected the Kashmir conflict

BEHIND THE LINES: The latest India-Pakistan confrontation underscores the strategic role of Pakistan's military and ISI in exacerbating Kashmir’s instability.

 A GENERAL view of Muzaffarabad, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. A Pakistani general described Kashmir as Pakistan’s ‘jugular vein,’ saying that Islamabad would ‘not forget it. We will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their heroic struggle.’

Explosions reported after India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire

Pakistan and India began trading blows after twenty-six people were killed when terrorists opened fire at tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory.

 A man uses his mobile phone to film debris of shops damaged by cross-border shelling in Lagama village near the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, in Indian Kashmir's Baramulla district, May 9, 2025.

Blasts rock Indian Kashmir, Amritsar as Pakistan conflict escalates

In Washington, the White House said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in constant contact with the leaders of both countries.

People are seen through the windshield of a bus damaged by a cross-border shelling in Poonch near the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, May 8, 2025.

Pakistan launched multiple attacks along India's western border, India says

The Indian army also said Pakistani troops had resorted to "numerous cease fire violations." Pakistan denied the accusations.

 A man uses his mobile phone to film debris of shops damaged by cross-border shelling in Lagama village near the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, in Indian Kashmir's Baramulla district, May 9, 2025.

Editor's Notes: Hypocrisy of silence on Kashmir’s massacre and the West’s moral failure - comment

We must be vocal in supporting India’s right to defend itself. We must push for international condemnation of Pakistan’s terror infrastructure.

 People carry the body of Vinay Narwal, a Navy officer, who was killed in a suspected militant attack near Pahalgam in south Kashmir, for his 'last rites' in Karnal in the northern state of Haryana, India, April 23, 2025.

Pakistan claims India using Israeli-made drones to strike at territory

"Indian drones continue to be sent into Pakistan airspace...(India) will continue to pay dearly for this naked aggression," military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said.

 Members of the media film the inside of a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, May 7, 2025.

Indian forces kill terrorist whose hijacking led to release of Jewish jlist. Daniel Pearl murderer

Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief, was beheaded on camera by al-Qaeda affiliated Pakistani terrorists in 2002.

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Blast heard in Pakistan's Lahore amid tensions with India, Reuters witness says

The relationship between India and Pakistan has been fraught with tension since they gained independence from colonial Britain in 1947.

 A damaged portion of an administration block at the Government Health and Education complex, after it was hit by an Indian strike, in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan May 7, 2025.

Who are the Pakistani terrorist groups targeted by Indian strikes?

India said seven of its targets were used by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, both Islamist groups designated terrorist organizations by the UN Security Council.

 Tanks are transported on a road in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan, May 7, 2025.

The unseen bond: India, Israel and the human cost of extremism - opinion

Both nations face state-sponsored terror groups that operate among civilians: Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed against India, Hamas and Hezbollah against Israel.

A municipal worker cleans the street in front of a bilboard displaying Indian and Israeli flags for PM Netanyahu's visit, Ahmedabad, India, January 2018

India strikes nine sites in Pakistan, Pakistan says it downed five Indian planes

The Indian army said that it did not target Pakistani military facilities in the attack.

 Rescuers search for survivors in a damaged building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan, May 7, 2025.