Commentary / World Aug 14, 2019
History and the logic of empires
Commentary / World Aug 13, 2019
by Ramesh Thakur
India's decision to withdraw Kashmir's special status threatens to be the spark that starts a war.
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Aug 12, 2019
Hundreds chant anti-India slogans in seething Kashmir on eve of Eid
Hundreds of people protested in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Sunday against India's decision to curb its autonomy, despite new restrictions on travel and a seventh straight day of communications blackout. Restrictions that had been temporarily eased on Friday and Saturday — allowing some ...
Asia Pacific Aug 6, 2019
Media and rights groups slam India over communications blackout in Kashmir
India's imposition of an unprecedented communications blackout on Jammu and Kashmir hours before stripping its only Muslim-majority state of special rights in place for decades was sharply criticized Monday by media and rights groups. One senior journalist accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of humiliating ...
Asia Pacific Aug 4, 2019
Thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers began leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after receiving a local government alert about possible militant attacks, and India said it killed at least five militants who were trying to attack its forces. Indian security officials said on ...
Asia Pacific Aug 2, 2019
Dozens of top Kashmiri separatists still imprisoned as India bids to marginalize leaders
More than five months after they were detained without charge, dozens of separatist leaders from Indian-administered Kashmir remain imprisoned as the government in New Delhi seeks to marginalize them, according to sources and figures from a rights group. Authorities in New Delhi see the removal ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jul 24, 2019
Trump touches off storm in India with Kashmir mediation offer
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never asked U.S. President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan in their dispute over the Kashmir region, the government said on Tuesday, after Trump's comments set off a storm of criticism. Trump told reporters on Monday that Modi had ...
Asia Pacific Jul 13, 2019
India's ruling party to revive plan for Hindu settlements in Kashmir
India's ruling party will revive a plan to build secured camps to resettle scores of Hindus in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley, a senior leader said, a proposal that would almost certainly heighten tensions in the restive region. Ram Madhav, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party ...
Asia Pacific May 11, 2019
Following clash in Kashmir region, Islamic State claims it has created a 'province' in India
The Islamic State (IS) on Friday claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with alleged ties to the group. IS's Amaq News Agency ...
Business Apr 19, 2019
India halts cross-border trade in Kashmir in new crackdown on arms and drugs
India suspended cross-border trade with Pakistan-controlled Kashmir because it was being used to funnel weapons and drugs, the government said on Thursday, in a further crackdown in the volatile territory. Trade across the "Line of Control" (LoC), or the heavily militarized de facto border that ...
World Apr 8, 2019
Pakistan says it has intelligence of new Indian attack this month and has alerted UNSC
Pakistan has "reliable intelligence" that India will attack again this month, its foreign minister said, drawing condemnation from New Delhi, which described the claim as irresponsible. Shah Mahmood Qureshi's comments came after tensions over a February standoff between the arch enemies had appeared to ease. He ...
Asia Pacific Apr 6, 2019
U.S. count shows no Pakistan F-16s shot down in Indian battle: report
Pakistan's F-16 combat jets have all been accounted for, the U.S.-based Foreign Policy magazine says, citing U.S. officials, contradicting an Indian Air Force assessment that it had shot down one of the jets in February. India and Pakistan engaged in an aerial battle over the ...