Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts#Nuclear conflict

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The Partition of India came in 1947 with the sudden grant of independence.{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Yasmin|title=The great Partition: the making of India and Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9WdQp2pwOYC|access-date=30 October 2011|year=2007|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-12078-3|page=13}} It was the intention of those who wished for a Muslim state to have a clean partition between independent and equal "Pakistan" and "Hindustan" once independence came.* {{citation |last=Ambedkar |first=Bhimrao Ramji |title=Pakistan or Partition of India |year=1945 |publisher=Thacker and company |location=Bombay |orig-year=first published as Thoughts on Pakistan, 1940 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.50130 |page=5}}

Nearly one third of the Muslim population of India remained in the new India.{{cite book |title=India-Pakistan in War & Peace |last=Dixit |first=Jyotindra Nath |year=2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-30472-6 |page=13 }}P. 4{{cite web|title = Cause for acceptance of refugees into European Nations|url = http://kharabanda.in/3.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162131/http://kharabanda.in/3.pdf|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2017|work = Dhruv Kharabanda|access-date = 9 October 2019}}Population of independent Pakistan (East + West) was 60 million. Population of Muslims in Indian dominion was 30 million or 9% of total population.

Inter-communal violence between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims resulted in between 200,000 and 2 million casualties leaving 14 million people displaced.{{sfn|Talbot|Singh|2009|p=2}}{{efn|"The death toll remains disputed with figures ranging from 200,000 to 2 million."{{sfn|Talbot|Singh|2009|p=2}}}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGiSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|title=Population Redistribution and Development in South Asia|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|year=2012|isbn=978-9400953093|page=6|access-date=9 October 2019|archive-date=16 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116090238/https://books.google.com/books?id=tGiSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|url-status=live}}

Princely states in India were provided with an Instrument of Accession to accede to either India or Pakistan.{{citation |publisher=Wikisource |title=White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 4/Instrument of Accession |chapter=Instrument of Accession |chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/White_Paper_on_Indian_States_(1950)/Part_4/Instrument_of_Accession |access-date=9 October 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308201243/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/White_Paper_on_Indian_States_(1950)/Part_4/Instrument_of_Accession |url-status=live }}

{{main|Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948}}

The war, also called the First India–Pakistan War, started in October 1947 when Pakistan feared that the Maharaja of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu would accede to India. Following partition, princely states were left to choose whether to join India or Pakistan or to remain independent. Jammu and Kashmir, the largest of the princely states, had a majority Muslim population and significant fraction of Hindu population, all ruled by the Hindu Maharaja Hari Singh. Tribal Islamic forces with support from the army of Pakistan attacked and occupied parts of the princely state forcing the Maharaja to sign the Instrument of Accession of the princely state to the Dominion of India to receive Indian military aid. The UN Security Council passed Resolution 47 on 22 April 1948. The fronts solidified gradually along what came to be known as the Line of Control. A formal cease-fire was declared at 23:59 on the night of 1 January 1949.{{cite book |title=History of Operations in Jammu and Kashmir 1947–1948 |last1=Prasad|first1=S.N.|last2=Dharm Pal |year=1987 |publisher=History Department, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. (printed at Thomson Press (India) Limited) |location=New Delhi |page=418 }}{{rp|379}} India gained control of about two-thirds of the state (Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh) whereas Pakistan gained roughly a third of {{nowrap|Kashmir (Azad Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan).}} The Pakistan controlled areas are collectively referred to as Pakistan administered Kashmir.{{cite book

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{{main|Indo-Pakistani war of 1965}}

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This war started following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against rule by India. India retaliated by launching a full-scale military attack on West Pakistan. The seventeen-day war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest engagement of armored vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II.{{sfn|David R. Higgins|2016}}{{sfn|Rachna Bisht|2015}} The hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared following diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and USA and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent Declaration.{{cite book|last=Lyon|first=Peter|title=Conflict between India and Pakistan: an encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLwOck15eboC&pg=PR11|access-date=30 October 2011|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-712-2|page=82|archive-date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207172511/https://books.google.com/books?id=vLwOck15eboC&pg=PR11|url-status=live}} India had the upper hand over Pakistan when the ceasefire was declared.{{cite book |last1=Dijink |first1=Gertjan |title=National Identity and Geopolitical Visions: Maps of Pride and Pain |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134771295 |quote=The superior Indian forces, however, won a decisive victory and the army could have even marched on into Pakistani territory had external pressure not forced both combatants to cease their war efforts.}}{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+pk0152)|title=Pakistan :: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|work=Library of Congress Country Studies, United States of America|date=April 1994|access-date=2 October 2010|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107081241/http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID+pk0152%29|url-status=live}} Quote: Losses were relatively heavy--on the Pakistani side, twenty aircraft, 200 tanks, and 3,800 troops. Pakistan's army had been able to withstand Indian pressure, but a continuation of the fighting would only have led to further losses and ultimate defeat for Pakistan.{{cite book|last = Hagerty|first = Devin|title = South Asia in world politics|year = 2005|publisher = Rowman & Littlefield, 2005|page = 26|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ln3qChyrmIQC|isbn = 0-7425-2587-2|access-date = 15 November 2015|archive-date = 5 February 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205202531/https://books.google.com/books?id=ln3qChyrmIQC|url-status = live}} Quote: The invading Indian forces outfought their Pakistani counterparts and halted their attack on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city. By the time United Nations intervened on 22 September, Pakistan had suffered a clear defeat.{{cite book|last=Wolpert|first=Stanley|title=India|year=2005|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=0520246969|page=235|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmkL1tp2Nl4C|edition=3rd ed. with a new preface.|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-date=30 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330072125/https://books.google.com/books?id=HmkL1tp2Nl4C|url-status=live}} Quote: India, however, was in a position to inflict grave damage to, if not capture, Pakistan's capital of the Punjab when the cease-fire was called, and controlled Kashmir's strategic Uri-Poonch bulge, much to Ayub's chagrin.

{{main|Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|Bangladesh Liberation War}}

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This war was unique in the way that it did not involve the issue of Kashmir, but was rather precipitated by the crisis created by the political battle brewing in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) between Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Leader of East Pakistan, and Yahya Khan and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, leaders of West Pakistan. This would culminate in the declaration of Independence of Bangladesh from the state system of Pakistan. Following Operation Searchlight and the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities, about 10 million Bengalis in East Pakistan took refuge in neighbouring India.{{cite book

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India intervened in the ongoing Bangladesh liberation movement.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-30-me-passings30.1-story.html |title=Gen. Tikka Khan, 87; 'Butcher of Bengal' Led Pakistani Army |author=Times Staff and Wire Reports |date=30 March 2002 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619021031/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-30-me-passings30.1-story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Ahsan |first=Syed Badrul |author-link=Syed Badrul Ahsan |date=15 July 2011 |title=A Lamp Glows for Indira Gandhi |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2011/07/03/musing.htm |access-date=30 October 2011 |work=The Daily Star |volume=10 |issue=27 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224145043/https://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2011/07/03/musing.htm |url-status=live }} After a large scale pre-emptive strike by Pakistan, full-scale hostilities between the two countries commenced.

Pakistan attacked at several places along India's western border with Pakistan, but the Indian Army successfully held their positions. The Indian Army quickly responded to the Pakistan Army's movements in the west and made some initial gains, including capturing around {{convert|5795|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=off}}{{cite book |last=Nawaz |first=Shuja |title=Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-547697-2 |page=329}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCaAQCnO3QQC&pg=PA81|title=Benazir, a Profile – M. G. Chitkara|page=81|isbn=9788170247524|last1=Chitkara|first1=M. G|year=1996|publisher=APH }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ek00fuXVz1wC&pg=PA117|title=Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War – Victoria Schofield|date=2003|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=978-1-86064-898-4|page=117|last1=Schofield|first1=Victoria}} of Pakistani territory (land gained by India in Pakistani Kashmir, Pakistani Punjab and Sindh sectors but gifted it back to Pakistan in the Simla Agreement of 1972, as a gesture of goodwill). Within two weeks of intense fighting, Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrendered to the joint command of Indian and Bangladeshi forces following which the People's Republic of Bangladesh was created.{{cite book |last = Leonard |first = Thomas |title = Encyclopedia of the developing world |publisher = Taylor & Francis|year= 2006 |isbn = 978-0-415-97662-6}} The war resulted in the surrender of more than 90,000 Pakistani Army troops.{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} India Pakistan {{!}} Timeline |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/south_asia/2002/india_pakistan/timeline/1971.stm |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=news.bbc.co.uk |archive-date=11 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011102832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/south_asia/2002/india_pakistan/timeline/1971.stm |url-status=live }} In the words of one Pakistani author, "Pakistan lost half its navy, a quarter of its air force and a third of its army".{{cite book|last=Ali|first=Tariq|title=Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=moJPPgAACAAJ&q=Can+Pakistan+Survive%3F|publisher=Verso Books|year=1997|isbn=0-86091-949-8|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829162443/https://books.google.com/books?id=moJPPgAACAAJ&q=Can+Pakistan+Survive%3F|url-status=live}}

{{main|Kargil War}}

This conflict between the two countries was mostly limited. During early 1999, Pakistani troops infiltrated across the Line of Control (LoC) and occupied Indian territory mostly in the Kargil district. India responded by launching a major military and diplomatic offensive to drive out the Pakistani infiltrators.{{cite book |last=Wolpert |first=Stanley |title=India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation? |url=https://archive.org/details/indiapakistancon0000wolp |url-access=registration |publisher=University of California Press |date=14 August 2010 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiapakistancon0000wolp/page/73 73] |chapter=Recent Attempts to Resolve the Conflict|isbn=9780520271401}} Two months into the conflict, Indian troops had slowly retaken most of the ridges that were encroached by the infiltrators.{{cite news|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n08/ali_01_.html|title=Bitter Chill of Winter|first=Tariq|last=Ali|author-link=Tariq Ali|newspaper=London Review of Books=|access-date=2009-05-20|archive-date=1 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001175541/http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n08/ali_01_.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite book | author=Colonel Ravi Nanda | title=Kargil: A Wake Up Call | publisher=Vedams Books | year=1999 | isbn=81-7095-074-0}} [https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no14953.htm Online summary of the Book] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928055430/https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no14953.htm |date=28 September 2007 }} According to official count, an estimated 75%–80% of the intruded area and nearly all high ground was back under Indian control.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-7-2002_pg4_12 Kargil: where defence met diplomacy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216074135/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-7-2002_pg4_12 |date=16 December 2012 }} - India's then Chief of Army Staff VP Malik, expressing his views on Operation Vijay. Hosted on Daily Times; [http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/3.1.06_kapur-narang.html The Fate of Kashmir By Vikas Kapur and Vipin Narang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118203713/http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/3.1.06_kapur-narang.html |date=18 January 2012 }} Stanford Journal of International Relations; [http://www.ipcs.org/ipcs/displayReview.jsp?kValue=102 Book review of "The Indian Army: A Brief History by Maj Gen Ian Cardozo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108040104/http://www.ipcs.org/ipcs/displayReview.jsp?kValue=102 |date=8 January 2009 }} - Hosted on IPCS

Fearing large-scale escalation in military conflict, the international community, led by the United States, increased diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to withdraw forces from remaining Indian territory.{{cite book |last=R. Dettman |first=Paul |title=India Changes Course: Golden Jubilee to Millennium |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2001 |pages=119–120 |chapter=Kargil War Operations|isbn=9780275973087}}

Faced with the possibility of international isolation, the already fragile Pakistani economy was weakened further.[http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1209/diplomatic_fiasco.html Samina Ahmed. "Diplomatic Fiasco: Pakistan's Failure on the Diplomatic Front Nullifies its Gains on the Battlefield"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804180723/http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1209/diplomatic_fiasco.html |date=4 August 2011 }} (Belfer Center for International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School){{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/13/reacts/print.html|title=Coup d'itat: Pakistan gets a new sheriff|author=Daryl Lindsey and Alicia Montgomery|work=salon.com|access-date=19 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041521/http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/13/reacts/print.html|archive-date=20 December 2009}} The morale of Pakistani forces after the withdrawal declined as many units of the Northern Light Infantry suffered heavy casualties.{{cite web|url=http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/kargil/war_in_kargil.pdf|title=War in Kargil - The CCC's summary on the war|access-date=2009-05-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040221091712/http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/kargil/war_in_kargil.pdf|archive-date=21 February 2004}}[http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1002/friend_for_all_seasons.html Samina Ahmed. "A Friend for all Seasons."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114856/http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1002/friend_for_all_seasons.html |date=4 March 2016 }} (Belfer Center for International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School) The government refused to accept the dead bodies of many officers,{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/11karg1.htm|title=Rediff on the NeT: Pakistan refuses to take even officers' bodies|work=rediff.com|access-date=19 June 2015|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224181953/https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/11karg1.htm|url-status=live}}[http://www.indianembassy.org/pic/PR_1999/July_1999/PR_July_15_1999.html "press release issued in New Delhi regarding bodies of two Pakistan Army Officers"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615050107/http://www.indianembassy.org/pic/PR_1999/July_1999/PR_July_15_1999.html |date=15 June 2010 }} an issue that provoked outrage and protests in the Northern Areas.Second-Class Citizens by M. Ilyas Khan, The Herald (Pakistan), July 2000. [http://www.warbirds.in/downloads/HeraldKargil.pdf Online scanned version of the article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181806/http://www.warbirds.in/downloads/HeraldKargil.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110503214522/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006092505001100.htm&date=2006%2F09%2F25%2F&prd=th& Musharraf and the truth about Kargil]}} - The Hindu 25 September 2006 Pakistan initially did not acknowledge many of its casualties, but Nawaz Sharif later said that over 4,000 Pakistani troops were killed in the operation and that Pakistan had lost the conflict.{{cite web| url=http://hindu.com/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111034601/http://hindu.com/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=2012-11-11|title=Over 4000 soldier's killed in Kargil: Sharif|work=The Hindu| access-date=2009-05-20}}{{cite book|last=Kapur|first=S. Paul|title=Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia|year=2007|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0804755498|edition=23rd|page=227}} By the end of July 1999, organized hostilities in the Kargil district had ceased.

The war was a major military defeat for the Pakistani Army.{{cite book |last1=MacDonald |first1=Myra |title=Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War |date=2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-84904-858-3 |pages=27, 53, 64, 66 |quote=p. 27: It was not so much that India won the Great South Asian War but that Pakistan lost it.{{pb}}p. 53: The story of the Kargil War—Pakistan's biggest defeat by India since 1971 —is one that goes to the heart of why it lost the Great South Asian War.{{pb}}p. 64: Afterwards, Musharraf and his supporters would claim that Pakistan won the war militarily and lost it diplomatically. In reality, the military and diplomatic tides turned against Pakistan in tandem.{{pb}}p. 66: For all its bravado, Pakistan had failed to secure even one inch of land.{{pb}} Less than a year after declaring itself a nuclear-armed power, Pakistan had been humiliated diplomatically and militarily.}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Lavoy |editor1-first=Peter René |title=Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia: The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-76721-7 |page=180 |quote=The false optimism of the architects of the Kargil intrusion, colored by the illusion of a cheap victory, was not only the main driver of the operation, and hence the crisis, it also was the cause of Pakistan's most damaging military defeat since the loss of East Pakistan in December 1971.}}

Apart from the aforementioned wars, there have been other regional conflicts between the two nations from time to time, which have not bordered on all-out war.

{{main|Siachen conflict}}

The Siachen conflict, sometimes referred to as the Siachen Glacier conflict or the Siachen War, was a military conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed {{convert|1000|sqmi|km2|adj=mid}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958254-2,00.html|title=The Himalayas War at the Top Of the World|first=Edward W.|last=Desmond|date=31 July 1989|magazine=Time|access-date=11 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114104526/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C958254-2%2C00.html|archive-date=14 January 2009|url-status=dead}} Siachen Glacier region in Kashmir.{{cite book|last=Wirsing|first=Robert|title=India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir dispute: on regional conflict and its resolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3z8sNZTVv5gC&pg=PA77|access-date=31 October 2011|date=15 February 1998|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-312-17562-7|page=77}} The conflict was started in 1984 by India's successful capture of the Siachen Glacier as part of Operation Meghdoot, and continued with Operation Rajiv in 1987. India took control of the {{convert|70|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} Siachen Glacier and its tributary glaciers, as well as all the main passes and heights of the Saltoro Ridge immediately west of the glacier, including Sia La, Bilafond La, and Gyong La. Pakistan controls the glacial valleys immediately west of the Saltoro Ridge.{{cite book |last = Wirsing |first = Robert |title = Pakistan's security under Zia, 1977–1988: the policy imperatives of a peripheral Asian state |publisher = Palgrave Macmillan, 1991 |isbn = 9780312060671|date = 15 November 1991 }}{{cite book |last = Child |first = Greg |title = Thin air: encounters in the Himalayas |publisher = The Mountaineers Books, 1998 |isbn = 9780898865882 |year = 1998 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/thinairencounter00chil }}{{page needed|date=April 2021}}{{page needed|date=April 2021}} A cease-fire went into effect in 2003,{{cite news|last=Watson|first=Paul|date=26 November 2003|title=India and Pakistan Agree to Cease-Fire in Kashmir|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-26-fg-ceasefire26-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427193640/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/26/world/fg-ceasefire26|archive-date=27 April 2017}} but both sides maintain a heavy military presence in the area.

{{main|2025 India–Pakistan conflict}}

The 2025 India–Pakistan conflict was a brief armed conflict between India and Pakistan that began on 7 May 2025, after India launched missile strikes on Pakistan, codenamed Operation Sindoor.{{efn|Sindoor is a reddish pigment used by Hindu women on their foreheads to indicate their married status.{{cite news |last=Narayanan |first=Vasudha |title=Tilaka and Other Forehead Marks |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-encyclopedia-of-hinduism/*-COM_9000000187 |work=Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online |date=29 May 2018 |archive-date=14 January 2022 |access-date=7 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114134147/https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-encyclopedia-of-hinduism/*-COM_9000000187 |url-status=live }} This was allegedly due to Hindu men being selectively targeted in the earlier Pahalgam attack, leaving their wives widowed.{{cite news |date=7 May 2025 |title=Why PM Modi named India's military strikes in Pakistan, PoK as Operation Sindoor |url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/operation-sindoor-pm-modi-name-india-military-strikes-pakistan-pok-13886203.html |access-date=7 May 2025 |work=Firstpost}}{{cite news |date=7 May 2025 |title=PM Modi chose codename 'Operation Sindoor' for India's response to Pahalgam |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-chose-codename-operation-sindoor-for-indias-response-to-pahalgam-13886202.html |access-date=7 May 2025 |work=Firstpost |archive-date=7 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250507050428/https://www.firstpost.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-chose-codename-operation-sindoor-for-indias-response-to-pahalgam-13886202.html |url-status=live }}}} India stated that the operation was a response to the Pahalgam attack on 22 April by militants in the Indian administered Kashmir killing 26 civilians, mostly tourists. The attack intensified tensions between India and Pakistan as India accused Pakistan of supporting cross-border terrorism, which Pakistan denied.

According to India, the missile strikes of Operation Sindoor targeted the camps and infrastructure of militant groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, and no Pakistani military facilities were targeted. According to Pakistan, the Indian strikes targeted civilian areas, including mosques, killing 31 Pakistani civilians. Following these strikes, border skirmshes and drone strikes occurred between the two countries. On 10 May, Pakistan launched an operation codenamed Operation Bunyan al-Marsus,{{efn|The term Bunyan al-Marsus is an Arabic term meaning "Unbreakable Wall". The operation's name is derived from a verse in the Quran that states: "Surely Allah loves those who fight in His cause in ˹solid˺ ranks as if they were one unbreakable wall (bunyan al-marsus)." ({{Cite Quran|61|4|style=ref|}})}} targeting several Indian military bases.{{cite news |title=Pakistan launches Operation Bunyan Marsoos: What we know so far |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/10/pakistan-launches-operation-bunyan-marsoos-what-we-know-so-far#:~:text=Pakistan's%20operation%20is%20titled%20Bunyan,were%20a%20solid%20cemented%20structure.%E2%80%9D |access-date=9 May 2025 |agency=Al Jazeera English |publisher=Abid Hussain}} In retaliation, India also continued Operation Sindoor, expanding its scope to target Pakistani military installations.{{cite web |title=Transcript of Special briefing by MOD on OPERATION SINDOOR (May 10, 2025) |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/media-briefings.htm?dtl/39491/Transcript_of_Special_briefing_by_MOD_on_OPERATION_SINDOOR_May_10_2025 |website=mea.gov.in |access-date=10 May 2025}} This conflict marked the first drone battle between the two nuclear-armed nations.

After three days of the conflict, both India and Pakistan announced that a ceasefire was agreed, effective from 5:00 pm IST/04:30 pm PKT (11:30 UTC) on 10 May, with talks set for 12 May. Following the deadline, both countries accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.

Alongside full-scale wars and conflicts, several notable military skirmishes, border incidents, and standoffs have occurred between India and Pakistan, further straining bilateral relations and drawing international attention.

• Operation Desert Hawk : Operation Desert Hawk was the codename for the military operation launched by the Pakistan Army in this area. At the time, the Rann of Kutch was under Indian control as per the long-standing status quo, but its boundary remained one of the few unresolved territorial disputes stemming from the 1947 Partition of India.{{cite book |last1=Hiro |first1=Dilip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpPCBAAAQBAJ&q=general++musa+khan&pg=PA183 |title=The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan |date=24 February 2015 |publisher=Nation Books, Hiro |page=178 |isbn=978-1-56858-503-1 |language=en |access-date=19 October 2016}}

• Operation Brasstacks: The largest of its kind in South Asia, it was conducted by India between November 1986 and March 1987. Pakistani mobilisation in response raised tensions and fears that it could lead to another war between the two neighbours.{{rp|129}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/06/world/on-india-s-border-a-huge-mock-war.html |title=On India's border, a huge mock war |author=Weisman, Steven R. |date=6 March 1987 |work=The New York Times |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130024658/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/06/world/on-india-s-border-a-huge-mock-war.html |url-status=live }}

• 1999 Pakistani Atlantic shootdown : In this incident, a Pakistan Navy Bréguet 1150 Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Pakistan Naval Air Arm was shot down by the Indian Air Force on 10 August 1999 for allegedly violating Indian airspace. The incident occurred over the Rann of Kutch, just a month after the Kargil War, significantly heightening tensions between India and Pakistan. All 16 personnel on board were killed.
  While India maintained that the aircraft had intruded into its airspace on a reconnaissance mission, foreign diplomats noted that although the plane may have briefly crossed the border, it crashed within Pakistani territory. Several international observers viewed India's response as excessive.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/419325.stm Pakistani plane "may have crossed border"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021018032538/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/419325.stm |date=18 October 2002 }}. BBC. 13 August 1999. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
  Pakistan subsequently filed a case against India at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking compensation for the incident. However, in a split decision, the ICJ ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over the matter and dismissed the case.{{cite web| title=The Case concerning the Aerial Incident of 10th August, 1999 – Summaries of Judgments and Orders| url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?sum=585&code=pi&p1=3&p2=3&case=119&k=b5&p3=5| publisher=International Court of Justice| date=21 June 2000| access-date=18 December 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015055439/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?sum=585&code=pi&p1=3&p2=3&case=119&k=b5&p3=5| archive-date=15 October 2016| url-status=dead}}

• 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff: The terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament on 13 December 2001, which India blamed on the Pakistan-based terrorist organisations, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, prompted the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff and brought both sides close to war.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1756965.stm |title=Musharraf declares war on extremism |date=12 January 2002 |work=South Asia |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225222204/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1756965.stm |url-status=live }}

• 2008 India–Pakistan standoff: a stand-off between the two nations following the 2008 Mumbai attacks which was defused by diplomatic efforts. Following ten coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's largest city, tensions heightened between the two countries since India claimed interrogation results alleging{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/accused-in-india-massacre-claims-ties-to-pakistani-secret-service/article1981052/ | work=The Globe and Mail | location=Toronto | first=Colin | last=Freeze | title=Accused in India massacre claims ties to Pakistani secret service – The Globe and Mail | date=11 April 2011 | access-date=1 September 2017 | archive-date=15 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915064608/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/accused-in-india-massacre-claims-ties-to-pakistani-secret-service/article1981052/ | url-status=live }}{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Rana-Headley-implicate-Pak-ISI-in-Mumbai-attack-during-ISI-chiefs-visit-to-US/articleshow/7958954.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811144123/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-12/us/29409412_1_rana-and-headley-isi-tahawwur-hussain-rana | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | work=The Times of India | title=Rana, Headley implicate Pak, ISI in Mumbai attack during ISI chief's visit to US | date=12 April 2011}} Pakistan's ISI supporting the attackers while Pakistan denied any official Pakistani involvement in the attacks.{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/diplomat-denies-pakistan-role-in-mumbai-attacks-1521700.html | location=London | work=The Independent | date=31 January 2009 | title=Diplomat denies Pakistan role in Mumbai attacks | access-date=1 September 2017 | archive-date=19 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719121047/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/diplomat-denies-pakistan-role-in-mumbai-attacks-1521700.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/pakistan-denies-governmen_n_147395.html |title=Pakistan Denies Government Involvement in Mumbai Attacks |work=Huffington Post |date=1 December 2008 |access-date=16 December 2011 |first=Zarar |last=Khan |archive-date=18 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518011455/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/pakistan-denies-governmen_n_147395.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-07-fg-pakistan-india7-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Laura | last=King | title=Pakistan denies official involvement in Mumbai attacks | date=7 January 2009 | access-date=11 December 2019 | archive-date=26 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226220509/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/07/world/fg-pakistan-india7 | url-status=live }} Pakistan placed its air force on alert and moved troops to the Indian border, voicing concerns about proactive movements of the Indian Army{{cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/indian-jets-violating-pakistani-airspace-technical-incursion-says-zardari-fourth-lead_100130857.html |title=Indian jets violating Pakistani airspace 'technical incursion', says Zardari (Fourth Lead) – Thaindian News |publisher=Thaindian.com |date=14 December 2008 |access-date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=9 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709090222/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/indian-jets-violating-pakistani-airspace-technical-incursion-says-zardari-fourth-lead_100130857.html |url-status=dead }} and the Indian government's possible plans to launch attacks on Pakistani soil.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-might-soon-move-troops-from-border-with-India/articleshow/4660681.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811054310/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/india/28165262_1_move-troops-taliban-stronghold-india-and-pakistan | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | work=The Times of India | title=Pak might soon move troops from border with India | date=16 June 2009}} The tension defused in a short time and Pakistan moved its troops away from the border.

• 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish : This incident took place between 30 August and 1 September 2011 across the Line of Control in Kupwara district/Neelam Valley, resulting in five Indian soldiers{{cite news|title=In 2011 five security men were martyred, according to the Indian Sources.|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pakistan-violates-ceasefire-again-fires-on-13-border-outposts/520773-56.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109044536/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pakistan-violates-ceasefire-again-fires-on-13-border-outposts/520773-56.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-09|agency=IBN Live}} and three Pakistani soldiers being killed. Both countries gave different accounts of the incident, each accusing the other of initiating the hostilities.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14746985|title=Kashmir border deaths spark India and Pakistan row|work=BBC|access-date=2 September 2011|date=1 September 2011|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205044221/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-14746985|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/243324/loc-three-pakistani-soldiers-die-in-attack-by-indian-forces/|title=LoC: Three Pakistani soldiers died in attack by Indian forces|work=The Express Tribune|date=1 September 2011|access-date=1 September 2011|archive-date=14 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214180024/http://tribune.com.pk/story/243324/loc-three-pakistani-soldiers-die-in-attack-by-indian-forces/|url-status=live}}

• 2013 India–Pakistan border incident in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, due to the beheading of an Indian soldier. A total of 22 soldiers (12 Indian and 10 Pakistani) died.{{cite news | url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Pak-troops-kill-two-jawans-behead-mutilate-one-of-them/articleshow/17945868.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119181106/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-09/india/36236820_1_indian-soldiers-pakistani-army-ceasefire-violation | url-status=live | archive-date=2013-01-19 | newspaper=The Times of India | title=Pak troops kill two jawans, behead, mutilate one of them}}

• 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border Incidents: Started in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir due to killing of 1 soldier of Border Security Force and injured 3 soldiers and 4 civilians by Pakistan Rangers.{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/08/16/India-and-Pakistan-exchange-fire-along-border-in-Kashmir/2051439754341/|title=India and Pakistan exchange fire along border in Kashmir|website=UPI|access-date=10 June 2020|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610192858/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/08/16/India-and-Pakistan-exchange-fire-along-border-in-Kashmir/2051439754341/|url-status=live}}

• 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes: On 29 September 2016, border skirmishes between India and Pakistan began following reported "surgical strikes" by India against militant launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistani-administered Kashmir "killing a large number of terrorists".{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-surgical-strikes-across-loc-full-statement-by-dgmo-lt-gen-ranbir-singh/story-Q5yrp0gjvxKPGazDzAnVsM.html|title=India's surgical strikes across LoC: Full statement by DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh|work=Hindustan Times|date=29 September 2016|access-date=2 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002024056/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-surgical-strikes-across-loc-full-statement-by-dgmo-lt-gen-ranbir-singh/story-Q5yrp0gjvxKPGazDzAnVsM.html|archive-date=2 October 2016}} Pakistan rejected that a strike took place,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/asia/kashmir-tensions-pakistan-capture-indian-soldier/index.html|title=Pakistan captures Indian soldier in Kashmir|first=Juliet |last=Perry|work=cnn.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001075544/http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/asia/kashmir-tensions-pakistan-capture-indian-soldier/index.html|archive-date=1 October 2016}} stating that Indian troops had not crossed the Line of Control but had only skirmished with Pakistani troops at the border, resulting in the deaths of two Pakistani soldiers and the wounding of nine.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-india-kashmir-idUSKCN11Z0IJ|first1=Sanjeev|last1=Miglani|first2=Asad|last2=Hashim|title=India says hits Pakistan-based militants, escalating tensions|work=Reuters|date=29 September 2016|access-date=5 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005140149/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-india-kashmir-idUSKCN11Z0IJ|archive-date=5 October 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1286881|title=Army rubbishes Indian 'surgical strikes' claim as two Pakistani soldiers killed at LoC|work=Dawn|date=29 September 2016|access-date=30 September 2016|first=Syed Sammer|last=Abbas|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930032051/http://www.dawn.com/news/1286881|archive-date=30 September 2016}} Pakistan rejected India's reports of any other casualties.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/world/asia/kashmir-pakistan-india.html?_r=0|title=In Kashmir, Pakistan Questions India's 'Surgical Strikes' on Militants|work=The New York Times|date=1 October 2016|access-date=1 October 2016|first=Salman|last=Masood|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005070714/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/world/asia/kashmir-pakistan-india.html?_r=0|archive-date=5 October 2016}} Pakistani sources reported that at least eight Indian soldiers were killed in the exchange, and one was captured.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1286910/|title=Pakistan captures one Indian soldier, eight killed at LoC overnight|work=Dawn|first=Abrar|last=Haider|date=29 September 2016|access-date=29 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930032029/http://www.dawn.com/news/1286910|archive-date=30 September 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/153627-14-Indian-soldiers-killed-in-clashes-with-Pakistan-Army|title=Indian soldiers killed in clashes with Pakistan Army|work=The News|date=29 September 2016|access-date=30 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930033205/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/153627-14-Indian-soldiers-killed-in-clashes-with-Pakistan-Army|archive-date=30 September 2016}} India confirmed that one of its soldiers was in Pakistani custody, but denied that it was linked to the incident or that any of its soldiers had been killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-denies-pak-media-claims-says-soldier-inadvertently-crossed-loc-1468244|title=Indian Army Says Soldier in Pak Custody Was Not Captured During Surgical Strikes|date=30 September 2016|work=NDTV.com|access-date=30 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930035414/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-denies-pak-media-claims-says-soldier-inadvertently-crossed-loc-1468244|archive-date=30 September 2016}} The Indian operation was said to be in retaliation for a militant attack on the Indian army at Uri on 18 September in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir that left 19 soldiers dead.{{cite web|title=India evacuates 10,000 from border with Pakistan amid reprisal fears after Kashmir 'strikes'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/30/india-evacuates-10000-from-border-with-pakistan-amid-reprisal-fe/|website=Daily Telegraph|access-date=30 September 2016|date=30 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001065030/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/30/india-evacuates-10000-from-border-with-pakistan-amid-reprisal-fe/|archive-date=1 October 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1191648/called-surgical-strike-indian-farce-throws-challenges/|title=So-called surgical strike: Indian farce throws up a few challenges|work=Express Tribune|date=1 October 2016|access-date=2 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002135351/http://tribune.com.pk/story/1191648/called-surgical-strike-indian-farce-throws-challenges/|archive-date=2 October 2016}} In the succeeding days and months, India and Pakistan continued to exchange fire along the border in Kashmir, resulting in dozens of military and civilian casualties on both sides.

• 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes: On 14 February 2019, a suicide attack on a convoy of India's CRPF resulted in the death of at least 40 troops. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/37-crpf-jawans-martyred-in-ied-blast-in-jks-pulwama/articleshow/67992189.cms|title=Pulwama terror attack today: 40 CRPF jawans martyred in IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama | India News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=16 February 2019|access-date=10 June 2020|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215181837/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/37-crpf-jawans-martyred-in-ied-blast-in-jks-pulwama/articleshow/67992189.cms|url-status=live}} Twelve days later on 26 February 2019, Indian jets crossed the international border to conduct air strikes on an alleged JeM camp in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390|title=India Hits Main Jaish Camp in Balakot, "Non-Military" Strike: Government|publisher=NDTV|access-date=26 February 2019|archive-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227053325/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Pakistan army confirms Indian jets dropped 'four bombs' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-army-confirms-indian-jets-dropped-four-bombs/articleshow/68171844.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=Press Trust of India |access-date=28 February 2019 |archive-date=26 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226221047/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-army-confirms-indian-jets-dropped-four-bombs/articleshow/68171844.cms |url-status=live }} India claimed that a very large number of militants belonging to JeM were killed.{{cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/31091/Statement_by_Foreign_Secretary_on_26_February_2019_on_the_Strike_on_JeM_training_camp_at_Balakot|title=Statement by Foreign Secretary on 26 February 2019 on the Strike on JeM training camp at Balakot|website=mea.gov.in|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227221920/https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F31091%2FStatement_by_Foreign_Secretary_on_26_February_2019_on_the_AirStrike_on_JeM_training_camp_at_Balakot|url-status=live}} Pakistan rejected to have suffered any losses.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47370608|title=Viewpoint: India strikes in Pakistan a major escalation|date=2019-02-26|access-date=2019-02-26|language=en-GB|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513150005/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47370608|url-status=live}} According to sources and satellite imagery analysis, the Indian Air Force appears to caused minimal damage to the buildings concerned,{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/israel-india-pakistan-conflict-balakot-arms-trade-jaish-e-mohammed-a8800076.html | title=Israel is playing a big role in India's escalating conflict with Pakistan | date=28 February 2019 | first=Robert | last=Fisk | newspaper=The Independent | access-date=12 October 2019 | archive-date=1 October 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001162948/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/israel-india-pakistan-conflict-balakot-arms-trade-jaish-e-mohammed-a8800076.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/kashmir-india-pakistan.html|title=Opinion | The Young Suicide Bomber Who Brought India and Pakistan to the Brink of War|first=Basharat|last=Peer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 March 2019|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203194325/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/kashmir-india-pakistan.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jets.html|title=Indian Jets Strike in Pakistan in Revenge for Kashmir Attack|first1=Maria|last1=Abi-Habib|first2=Austin|last2=Ramzy|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 February 2019|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227012148/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jets.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/asia/kashmir-shelling-india-pakistan.html|title=Deadly Shelling Erupts in Kashmir Between India and Pakistan After Pilot Is Freed|first1=Jeffrey|last1=Gettleman|first2=Hari|last2=Kumar|first3=Sameer|last3=Yasir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 March 2019|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302195309/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/asia/kashmir-shelling-india-pakistan.html|url-status=live}} however, Pakistan had to close the site for one and a half month or 43 days before opened to media.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/a-month-after-indian-air-strike-pakistan-takes-journalists-to-balakot-site/articleshow/68636173.cms|title=A month after Indian air strike, Pakistan takes journalists to Balakot site|first=Shaurya Karanbir|last=Gurung|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=29 March 2019|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604173650/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/a-month-after-indian-air-strike-pakistan-takes-journalists-to-balakot-site/articleshow/68636173.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1475189|title=Foreign journalists given access to madressah near site of Balakot strike|date=10 April 2019|website=DAWN.COM|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725154550/https://www.dawn.com/news/1475189|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/pakistan-takes-media-to-balakot-air-strike-site-curtails-interactions-2096733.html|title=43 Days After Balakot Air Strike by IAF, Pakistan Takes Media Team And Diplomats to 'Site'|date=10 April 2019|website=News18|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604222045/https://www.news18.com/news/world/pakistan-takes-media-to-balakot-air-strike-site-curtails-interactions-2096733.html|url-status=live}} The incidents escalated the tension between India and Pakistan. The following day, Indian and Pakistani air forces got locked on in an aerial engagement. Pakistan claimed to have shot down two Indian aircraft and capturing one pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. Pakistan military officials claimed that the wreckage of one Indian Air Force jet was shot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir while the other one fell in Indian-administered Kashmir rumored to be a Sukhoi Su-30MKI. Meanwhile, the Indian government claimed to have only lost one MiG-21 while downing a Pakistani F-16.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1466347|title=2 Indian aircraft violating Pakistani airspace shot down; pilot captured|date=27 February 2019|website=DAWN.COM|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227094831/https://www.dawn.com/news/1466347|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47397418|title=Fighter pilot 'opened fire' before capture|first=M. Ilyas|last=Khan|work=BBC News|date=1 March 2019|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013431/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47397418|url-status=live}} The IAF also displayed remnants of an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile that they claimed could only be fired by F-16s. The missiles were said to have fired against and jammed by Su-30 by IAF,{{cite news|title=Pakistan Downs Two Indian Jets, Pilot Arrested, Army Says|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-27/pakistani-jets-violate-indian-air-space-in-kashmir-pti-reports|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-02-27|author=Iain Marlow and Kamran Haider|date=27 February 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195818/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-27/pakistani-jets-violate-indian-air-space-in-kashmir-pti-reports|url-status=live}} however, Pakistan rejected the claim of their F-16 being shot down. It initially released three or later on displayed all four air to air missiles of MiG-21 Bison with all missile seeker heads recovered intact from the wreckage however with mid-body of one of R-73 destroyed and claimed that non-of missiles were ever fired.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1474086|title=ISPR releases 'proof' further contradicting Indian claim of shooting down F-16|date=5 April 2019|website=DAWN.COM|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913062443/https://www.dawn.com/news/1474086|url-status=live}} Following the threats of a full-scale war,{{Cite news|title = India, Pakistan came close to firing missiles at each other on February 27|url = https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-pakistan-came-close-to-firing-missiles-at-each-other-on-february-27/story-rVsBjZ5qmxXMprktzDNqcM.html|date = 23 March 2019|access-date = 9 October 2019|newspaper = Hindustan Times}} Abhinandan was released within two days. The Pentagon correspondent of Foreign Policy magazine, in a report claimed that Pakistan invited the United States to physically count its F-16s after the incident. Two senior U.S. defense officials told Foreign Policy that U.S. personnel recently counted Pakistan's F-16s and found none missing.{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/04/did-india-shoot-down-a-pakistani-jet-u-s-count-says-no/|title=Did India Shoot Down a Pakistani Jet? U.S. Count Says No.|first=Lara|last=Seligman|date=4 April 2019|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=23 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123193754/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/04/did-india-shoot-down-a-pakistani-jet-u-s-count-says-no/|url-status=live}} A Pentagon spokesman said they were not aware of any count being conducted,{{Cite news|title = 'Not aware': Pentagon on Pak F-16 count after Feb aerial dogfight with IAF|url = https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/not-aware-pentagon-on-pak-f-16-count-after-feb-aerial-dogfight-with-iaf/story-Rw4gSknuuSBnMc2EyYe62H.html|date = 6 April 2019|access-date = 9 October 2019|newspaper = Hindustan Times}} but the Pentagon did not put out any official statement on the matter. However, there have been no leaks countering the Foreign Policy report.{{Cite news|title=Analysis {{!}} Did India shoot down a Pakistani F-16 in February? This just became a big deal.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/17/did-india-shoot-down-pakistani-f-back-february-this-just-became-big-deal/|last1=Lalwani|first1=Sameer|last2=Tallo|first2=Emily|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130122209/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/17/did-india-shoot-down-pakistani-f-back-february-this-just-became-big-deal/|url-status=live}} India released the electronic footage of aerial engagement to re-assert its claims.{{Cite news|title = Pakistan radio transmissions showed F-16 didn't return to its base: IAF|url = https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pakistan-radio-transmissions-showed-f-16-didnt-return-to-its-base-iaf/articleshow/68748026.cms|date = 6 April 2019|access-date = 9 October 2019|newspaper = The Economic Times|archive-date = 24 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190424064657/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pakistan-radio-transmissions-showed-f-16-didnt-return-to-its-base-iaf/articleshow/68748026.cms|url-status = live}}{{Cite news|title = Indian Radar Data That Supposedly Proves They Downed An F-16 Is Far From "Irrefutable"|url = https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27331/indian-radar-data-that-supposedly-proves-they-downed-an-f-16-is-far-from-irrefutable|date = 8 April 2019|access-date = 9 October 2019|newspaper = The Drive|archive-date = 17 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190417203233/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27331/indian-radar-data-that-supposedly-proves-they-downed-an-f-16-is-far-from-irrefutable|url-status = live}} Pakistani officials rejected radar images released by India.{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1946256/1-repetitions-dont-turn-lies-truth-dg-ispr-iaf-presser?amp=1|title=Repetitions don't turn lies into truth: DG ISPR on IAF presser|date=8 April 2019|work=Express Tribune|access-date=30 January 2021|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208215649/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1946256/1-repetitions-dont-turn-lies-truth-dg-ispr-iaf-presser?amp=1|url-status=live}} Stand off followed with intermittent firings across the LoC. Months later on 8 October, India on its Air Force Day, flew the same Su-30MKI "Avenger 1" aircraft in a flypast that Pakistan had claimed it had shot down during the air battle on 27 February.{{cite web|last=Achom|first=Debanish|date=2019-10-09|title=On Air Force Day, IAF Disproves Pak Claim Of Shooting Down Sukhoi Fighter|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/on-air-force-day-iaf-flies-sukhoi-30mki-fighter-jet-that-pakistan-claims-it-shot-down-2113472?amp=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329035058/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/on-air-force-day-iaf-flies-sukhoi-30mki-fighter-jet-that-pakistan-claims-it-shot-down-2113472?amp=1|archive-date=2021-03-29|access-date=2021-03-29|website=NDTV}}

• 2020–2021 India–Pakistan border Incidents: The standoff intensified when a major exchange of gunfire and shelling erupted between Indian and Pakistani troops in November 2020 along the Line of Control which left at least 22 dead, including 11 civilians.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/13/pakistan-summons-top-indian-diplomat-over-kashmir-violence|title=India, Pakistan report deadly violence along Kashmir border|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=13 November 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124001850/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/13/pakistan-summons-top-indian-diplomat-over-kashmir-violence|url-status=live}} Pakistan's foreign ministry said India had violated the ceasefire at least 2,729 times in 2020 which killed 21 Pakistani civilians and seriously injured 206 others.{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/13/pakistan-summons-top-indian-diplomat-over-kashmir-violence|title=India, Pakistan report deadly violence along Kashmir border|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=13 November 2020|access-date=11 March 2022|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124001850/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/13/pakistan-summons-top-indian-diplomat-over-kashmir-violence|url-status=live}} In February 2021, India and Pakistan released a joint statement, stating that after discussions over established hotlines, the two sides agreed to "strict observance" of all peace and ceasefire agreements with effect from midnight of 25 February 2021. Both sides agreed existing forms of hotline contact and border flag meetings would be utilized to resolve any future misunderstanding.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-pakistan/india-pakistan-militaries-agree-to-stop-cross-border-firing-in-rare-joint-statement-idUSKBN2AP0PG | title=India, Pakistan militaries agree to stop cross-border firing in rare joint statement | newspaper=Reuters | date=25 February 2021 | access-date=11 March 2022 | archive-date=11 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311202746/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-pakistan/india-pakistan-militaries-agree-to-stop-cross-border-firing-in-rare-joint-statement-idUSKBN2AP0PG | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|title=Joint Statement|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1700682|access-date=2021-02-25|website=pib.gov.in|archive-date=10 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410163604/https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1700682|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan|url=https://ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=6068|access-date=2021-02-25|website=ispr.gov.pk|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520073558/https://ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=6068|url-status=live}}

• 2025 India–Pakistan standoff: The crisis began on 23 April 2025, as an Islamic terrorist attack took place in the Baisaran Valley of Jammu and Kashmir. In the attack 25 Hindu tourists, one Christian tourist and one local Muslim were killed along with over 20 others injured. The Resistance Front (TRF), a splinter group linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba—a Pakistan-based organization designated as a terrorist group by the UN—initially claimed responsibility for the attack.{{Cite web |title=LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA {{!}} Security Council |url=https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/lashkar-e-tayyiba |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=main.un.org}} In response, India accused Pakistan of backing cross-border terrorism. India then expelled Pakistani diplomats and called back its diplomats, suspended visas, closed borders, and suspended the Indus Waters Treaty. Pakistan denied the allegations and responded with trade restrictions, closure of airspace and border crossings, and suspension of the Simla Agreement. India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) also strongly urged Indian citizens to avoid traveling to Pakistan, and called on those currently in the country to return at the earliest opportunity.{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2025-04-24 |title=India suspends visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/india-suspends-visa-services-to-pakistani-nationals-with-immediate-effect |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Masood |first=Salman |date=2025-04-24 |title=Crisis Deepens for India and Pakistan Over Kashmir Attack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/world/asia/pakistan-india-kashmir-attack.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=2025 |title=What is The Resistance Front, the militant group linked to Pahalgam attack? |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/kashmir-resistance-group-that-claimed-attack-tourists-indian-kashmir-2025-04-23/}}

• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–present): An insurgency in Kashmir has been a cause for heightened tensions. India has also accused Pakistan-backed militant groups of executing several terrorist attacks across India.
• Insurgency in Balochistan (1948–present): An insurgency in Balochistan province of Pakistan has also caused tensions recently. Pakistan has accused India of causing the insurgency with the help of ousted Baloch leaders, militant groups and terrorist organizations like the Balochistan Liberation Army. According to Pakistani officials these militants are trained in neighboring Afghanistan. In 2016, Pakistan alleged that an Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested by Pakistani forces during a counter-intelligence operation in Balochistan.{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/286526/indias-renewed-strategy-of-destabilising-balochistan/|title=India's renewed strategy of destabilising Balochistan|date=2018-08-20|website=Daily Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065253/https://dailytimes.com.pk/286526/indias-renewed-strategy-of-destabilising-balochistan/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/341558-indian-campaigning-on-balochistan-continues|title=Indian campaigning on Balochistan continues|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013437/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/341558-indian-campaigning-on-balochistan-continues|url-status=live}}
• Afghan conflict (1978–present): India and Pakistan had long been supporting opposing sides during the wars of Afghanistan,{{Cite news|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/taliban-takeover-threatens-to-raise-india-pakistan-tensions-11630502420|title = Taliban Takeover Threatens to Raise India-Pakistan Tensions|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|date = September 2021|last1 = Roy|first1 = Rajesh|access-date = 14 December 2021|archive-date = 14 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211214210212/https://www.wsj.com/articles/taliban-takeover-threatens-to-raise-india-pakistan-tensions-11630502420|url-status = live}} including during the Soviet–Afghan War and the civil wars from 1989 to 2001.{{Cite web|url = https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/india-pakistan-rivalry-afghanistan|title = India-Pakistan Rivalry in Afghanistan| work=JIA SIPA |date = 25 March 2010|access-date = 14 December 2021|archive-date = 14 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211214180048/https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/india-pakistan-rivalry-afghanistan|url-status = live}} In 2006, Pakistan has been accused by India for its involvement in terrorism in Afghanistan.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/world/asia/18cnd-afghan.html|title=Coalition Vows to Regain Afghan Town Seized by Taliban|date=18 July 2006|website=The New York Times|access-date=14 December 2021|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220085755/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/world/asia/18cnd-afghan.html|url-status=live}} In 2020, Pakistan accused India of trying to derail peace negotiations to end the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021).{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-pakistan-tug-of-warjeopardizesafghan-peace-process/a-53482558 |title=India-Pakistan tug-of-war jeopardizes Afghan peace process | Asia | An in-depth look at news from across the continent |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=2020-05-18 |accessdate=2022-02-17 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218142331/https://www.dw.com/en/india-pakistan-tug-of-warjeopardizesafghan-peace-process/a-53482558 |url-status=live }}

The nuclear conflict between both countries is of passive strategic nature with nuclear doctrine of Pakistan stating a first strike policy, although the strike would only be initiated if and only if, the Pakistan Armed Forces are unable to halt an invasion (as for example in 1971 war) or a nuclear strike is launched against Pakistan,{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} whereas India has a declared policy of no first use. According to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature Food in August 2022, a nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill more than 2 billion indirectly by starvation during a nuclear winter.{{cite journal |title=Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection |journal=Nature Food |date=15 August 2022 |doi=10.1038/s43016-022-00573-0 |last1=Xia |first1=Lili |last2=Robock |first2=Alan |last3=Scherrer |first3=Kim |last4=Harrison |first4=Cheryl S. |last5=Bodirsky |first5=Benjamin Leon |last6=Weindl |first6=Isabelle |last7=Jägermeyr |first7=Jonas |last8=Bardeen |first8=Charles G. |last9=Toon |first9=Owen B. |last10=Heneghan |first10=Ryan |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=586–596 |pmid=37118594 |s2cid=251601831 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2022NatFd...3..586X |hdl=11250/3039288 |hdl-access=free | issn = 2662-1355}}{{cite news |title=India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill 2 billion people: Study |url=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/india-pakistan-nuclear-war-could-kill-2-billion-people-study-507435 |work=WION |date=16 August 2022 |access-date=17 November 2022 |archive-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117122640/https://www.wionews.com/india-news/india-pakistan-nuclear-war-could-kill-2-billion-people-study-507435 |url-status=live }}

• Pokhran-I (Smiling Buddha): On 18 May 1974 India detonated an 8-kiloton nuclear device at Pokhran Test Range,{{Cite web |title=India's Nuclear Weapons Program - Smiling Buddha: 1974 |url=http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaSmiling.html |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=nuclearweaponarchive.org}} becoming the first nation to become nuclear capable outside the five permanent members of United Nations Security Council as well as dragging Pakistan along with it into a nuclear arms race. Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had promised in 1965 that "if India builds the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own", and India's Pokhran-I test spurred the Pakistani nuclear weapons program to greater efforts.{{cite web |url = https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/pakistan-nuclear/ |title = Fact Sheet -- Nov 5, 2019: Pakistan Nuclear Overview |publisher = Nuclear Threat Initiative |date = 5 November 2019 |website = The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) |access-date = 23 August 2022 |archive-date = 7 September 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220907014550/https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/pakistan-nuclear/ |url-status = live }} The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Chairman Munir Ahmed Khan said that the test would force Pakistan to test its own nuclear bomb.{{cite web |last=Khan |first=Munir Ahmad |author-link=Munir Ahmad Khan |date=18 May 1974 |title=India's nuclear explosion: Challenge and Response |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3096318 |access-date=2022-04-22 |journal= |publisher=International Atomic Energy Agency and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission|jstor=3096318 }}
• Kirana-I: In the 1980s a series of 24 different cold tests were conducted by PAEC, led by chairman Munir Ahmad Khan under extreme secrecy.{{cite web | title =Koh Kambaran (Ras Koh Hills) | publisher =Pakistan Paedia | url =http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/landmarks/RasKoh/Youm-e-Takbeer.htm | access-date =14 November 2011 | archive-date =30 November 2011 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111130132001/http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/landmarks/RasKoh/Youm-e-Takbeer.htm | url-status =live }} The tunnels at Kirana Hills, Sargodha, are reported to have been bored after the Chagai nuclear test sites, it is widely believed that the tunnels were constructed sometime between 1979 and 1983. As in Chagai, the tunnels at Kirana Hills had been bored and then sealed and this task was also undertaken by PAEC's DTD. Later due to excessive US intelligence and satellite focus on the Kirana Hills site, it was abandoned and nuclear weapons testing was shifted to the Kala Chitta Range.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program - Development |url=https://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Pakistan/PakDevelop.html |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=nuclearweaponarchive.org}}
• Pokhran-II (Operation Shakti): On 11 May 1998 India detonated another five nuclear devices at Pokhran Test Range. With jubilation and large scale approval from the Indian society came International sanctions as a reaction to this test, the most vehement reaction of all coming from Pakistan. Great ire was raised in Pakistan, which issued a stern statement claiming that India was instigating a nuclear arms race in the region. Pakistan vowed to match India's nuclear capability with statements like: "We are in a headlong arms race on the subcontinent".{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/may/16bomb12.htm |title=Rediff on the NeT: It was 'Operation Shakti' on Budh Purnima |work=Rediff.com |date=16 May 1998 |access-date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=2 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502202846/http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/may/16bomb12.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Herald Exclusive By Pervez Hoodbhoy 16 February 2011 |url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/16/herald-exclusive-pakistans-nuclear-bayonet.html |title=Herald exclusive: Pakistan's nuclear bayonet | Pakistan |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=16 February 2011 |access-date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=18 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218212415/http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/16/herald-exclusive-pakistans-nuclear-bayonet.html |url-status=live }}
• Chagai-I: (Youm-e-Takbir) Within half a month of Pokhran-II, on 28 May 1998 Pakistan detonated five nuclear devices to reciprocate India in the nuclear arms race. The Pakistani public, like the Indian, reacted with a celebration and a heightened sense of nationalism for responding to India in kind and becoming the only Muslim nuclear power. The day was later given the title Youm-e-Takbir to further proclaim such.{{Cite web |title=28 May 1998 - Pakistan nuclear tests: CTBTO Preparatory Commission |url=https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/28-may-1998-pakistan-nuclear-tests |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.ctbto.org |archive-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707184554/http://ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/28-may-1998-pakistan-nuclear-tests/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Pakistan/PakTests.html |title=Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program – 1998: The Year of Testing |access-date=16 December 2011}}{{Cite web |last=Baloch |first=Shah Meer |title=The Fallout From Pakistan's Nuclear Tests |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/05/the-fallout-from-pakistans-nuclear-tests/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320215820/https://thediplomat.com/2017/05/the-fallout-from-pakistans-nuclear-tests/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2008-05-30 |title=Yaum-e-Takbeer celebrated across country |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=14989 |access-date=2022-04-22 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530033107/http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=14989 |archive-date=30 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}
• Chagai-II: Two days later, on 30 May 1998, Pakistan detonated a sixth nuclear device completing its own series of underground tests with this being the last the two nations have carried out to date.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Nuclear Weapons |url=https://nuke.fas.org/guide/pakistan/nuke/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=nuke.fas.org |archive-date=6 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406160358/https://nuke.fas.org/guide/pakistan/nuke/ |url-status=live }}

The nations of South Asia observe national and armed forces-specific days which originate from conflicts between India and Pakistan as follows:

• 28 May (since 1998) as Youm-e-Takbir (The day of Greatness) in Pakistan.{{cite web |url=http://www.dunyanews.tv/index.php?key=Q2F0SUQ9MiNOaWQ9MjcwNTk= |title=Dunya News: Pakistan:-13th Youm-e-Takbeer to be observed today |publisher=Dunyanews.tv |date=28 May 2011 |access-date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112121450/http://dunyanews.tv/index.php?key=Q2F0SUQ9MiNOaWQ9MjcwNTk= |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/28-May-2009/youmetakbeer-today |title=Youm-e-Takbeer today | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online |publisher=Nation.com.pk |date=28 May 2009 |access-date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=28 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528204757/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/politics/28-May-2009/YoumeTakbeer-today |url-status=live }}
• 26 July (since 1999) as Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day) in India.
• 6 September (since 1965) as Defence Day (Youm-e-Difa) in Pakistan.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPttAAAAMAAJ |title=Battle for Pakistan: the air war of 1965 – John Fricker – Google Boeken |date=1 January 1979 |access-date=16 December 2011|isbn=978-0-7110-0929-5|last1=Fricker |first1=John |publisher=I. Allan }}
• 7 September (since 1965) as Air Force Day (Youm-e-Fizaya) in Pakistan.
• 8 September (since 1965) as Victory Day/Navy Day (Youm-e-Bahr'ya) in Pakistan.
• 4 December (since 1971) as Navy Day in India.
• 16 December (since 1971) as Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) in India.
• 16 December (since 1971) as Bijoy Dibosh (Victory Day) in Bangladesh.

{{flag|Soviet Union}}:

• The USSR remained neutral during the 1965 warAsymmetric Conflicts By T. V. Paul Cambridge University Press 1994 {{ISBN|0-521-46621-0}}, pp119 and played a pivotal role in negotiating the peace agreement between India and Pakistan.See: Tashkent Agreement
• The Soviet Union provided diplomatic and military assistance to India during the 1971 war. In response to the US and UK's deployment of the aircraft carriers {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} and {{HMS|Eagle|R05|6}}, Moscow sent nuclear submarines and warships with anti-ship missiles in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldreporter.com/2011/10/1971-india-pakistan-war-role-of-russia.html|title=1971 India Pakistan War: Role of Russia, China, America and Britain|work=The World Reporter|date=30 October 2011|access-date=30 October 2011|archive-date=1 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101184319/http://www.theworldreporter.com/2011/10/1971-india-pakistan-war-role-of-russia.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History/1971War/Games.html |title=Cold war games |work=Bharat Rakshak |access-date=20 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609180906/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History/1971War/Games.html |archive-date=9 June 2011 }}[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/birth-of-a-nation/552795/3 Birth of a nation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605140439/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/birth-of-a-nation/552795/3 |date=5 June 2020 }}. Indianexpress.com (11 December 2009). Retrieved on 2011-04-14.

{{flag|United States}}:

• The US had not given any military aid to Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.{{cite web|url=http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9896.html|title=United States – Pakistan Alliance|work=Library of Congress Country Studies, United States of America|date=April 1994|access-date=29 October 2010|archive-date=28 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628051409/http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9896.html|url-status=live}}
• The United States provided diplomatic and military support to Pakistan during the 1971 war by sending {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} into the Indian Ocean.{{cite news

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• The United States did not support Pakistan during the Kargil War, and successfully pressured the Pakistani administration to end hostilities.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/399897.stm|title=BBC News - South Asia - Kashmir: Dialogue call amid fresh fighting|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=8 September 2012|archive-date=13 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213043125/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/399897.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite book | author=Bill Clinton | title=My Life | publisher=Random House | year=2004|isbn=0-375-41457-6}}, Pg 865

{{flag|China}}:

• China had helped Pakistan in various wars with diplomatic support.[http://www.transnational.org/SAJT/forum/power/1998/pow12-08.html Pakistan and India Play With Nuclear Fire By Jonathan Power] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313011224/http://www.transnational.org/SAJT/forum/power/1998/pow12-08.html |date=13 March 2012 }} The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910155-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307230515/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910155-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2008|title=India and Pakistan: Over the Edge|work=Time Magazine|date=13 December 1971|access-date=17 August 2011}}

{{flag|Russia}}:

• Russia maintained a non-belligerent policy for both sides while selling arms and other weapon systems to India. Russia helped negotiate peace in 2001–02 and helped divert the 2008 crisis.{{cite news|last=Naqvi|first=Javed|title=Pressure mounts to stall war rhetoric|url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/2001/dec2901.html|access-date=24 December 2012|newspaper=Dawn archives|date=29 December 2001|archive-date=13 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613203037/http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/2001/dec2901.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Agencies|title=Pakistan, Russia renewing ties|url=http://dawn.com/2012/10/04/pakistan-russia-renewing-ties-fm-khar/|access-date=24 December 2012|newspaper=Dawn Newspapers|date=4 October 2012|archive-date=13 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213043059/https://www.dawn.com/news/754142/pakistan-russia-renewing-ties-fm-khar|url-status=live}}

These wars have provided source material for both Indian and Pakistani film and television dramatists, who have adapted events of the war for the purposes of drama and to please target audiences in their nations.

• Hindustan Ki Kasam, a 1973 Hindi war film based on Operation Cactus Lilly of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, directed by Chetan Anand.
• Aakraman, a 1975 Hindi war film based on the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, directed by J. Om Prakash.
• Vijeta, a 1982 Hindi film based on the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Govind Nihalani.
• Param Vir Chakra, a 1995 Hindi film based on Indo-Pakistani War, directed by Ashok Kaul.{{cite web|title=Param Vir Chakra (1995)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940893/|publisher=IMDB|access-date=26 November 2011|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014182644/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940893/|url-status=live}}
• Border, a 1997 Hindi war film based on the Battle of Longewala of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, directed by J.P.Dutta.
• LOC Kargil, a 2003 Hindi war film based on the Kargil War, directed by J. P. Dutta.
• Deewaar, a 2004 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan based on the POW of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, directed by Milan Luthria.
• Lakshya, a 2004 Hindi film partially based on the events of the Kargil War, directed by Farhan Akhtar.
• 1971, 2007 Hindi war film based on a true story of prisoners of war after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, directed by Amrit Sagar.
• Kurukshetra, a 2008 Malayalam film starring Mohanlal based on Kargil War, directed by Major Ravi.
• Tango Charlie, a 2005 Hindi film starring Ajay Devgan, and Bobby Deol based on Kargil Conflict, directed by Mani Shankar.
• The Ghazi Attack, a 2017 Telugu and Hindi bilingual film based on the sinking of {{ship|PNS|Ghazi}}.
• 1971: Beyond Borders, a 2017 Malayalam film, directed by Major Ravi.
• Raazi, a 2018 Hindi film about an Indian spy during the Indo Pakistan war of 1971, directed by Meghna Gulzar
• Uri: The Surgical Strike, a 2019 Hindi film about India's surgical strike into the Pakistani base camps after the Uri incident in 2016.

• Angaar Waadi, an Urdu drama serial based on the Kashmir conflict, directed by Rauf Khalid{{cite web |author=APP 25 November 2011 |url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/25/prominent-writer-actor-rauf-khalid-dies-in-road-accident.html |title=Prominent writer, actor, Rauf Khalid dies in road accident | Entertainment |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=25 November 2011 |access-date=15 January 2012 |archive-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228103145/http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/25/prominent-writer-actor-rauf-khalid-dies-in-road-accident.html |url-status=live }}
• Laag, an Urdu drama serial based on the Kashmir conflict, directed by Rauf Khalid
• PNS Ghazi (Shaheed), an Urdu drama based on sinking of PNS Ghazi, ISPR
• Alpha Bravo Charlie, an Urdu drama serial based on three different aspects of Pakistan Army's involvement in action, directed by Shoaib Mansoor
• Sipahi Maqbool Hussain, an Urdu drama serial based on a 1965 war POW, directed by Haider Imam Rizvi

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