May 6, 2025 midnight is etched in the history of South Asian security politics. The Indian Air Force, in a joint air and missile strike that it called Operation Sindoor, crossed the Line of Control (LoC) to pound a number of targets in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan’s Punjab province. The strikes, justified as being a pre-emptive counter-terrorist operation by Indian government, led […]

If India and Pakistan spiral into war, there will be consequences for Central Asia. A war between Pakistan and India would likely have significant ripple effects on Central Asia, given the region’s proximity to Afghanistan and flourishing economic ties across the region. The conflict could disrupt trade and energy routes, increase militancy, and draw in major powers like China, Russia, […]

On May 2, 2025, in an interesting turn of events, leaders of different political parties, people’s organisations and rights groups staged a protest in the Khammam District of Telangana, demanding that the Central and State governments stop Operation Kagar against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the killing of tribals. Also, a massive human chain was formed at Ambedkar […]

‘Operation Sindoor’ saw Indian armed forces conduct precise military strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. This operation targeted nine facilities linked to major terrorist organisations, including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, responsible for significant attacks over the past years. In bold and precise military strikes codenamed ‘Operation Sindoor’, Indian armed forces launched retaliatory strikes deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied […]

Operation Sindoor: At least 100 terrorists were killed in India’s Operation Sindoor, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at the all-party meeting held on Thursday, sources told Times Now. In a bold response to the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, the Indian Armed Forces under ‘Operation Sindoor’ destroyed terror camps at 9 locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu […]

On May 7, 2025, between 1:05 and 1:30 a.m. (IST), airstrikes carried out by the Indian Air Force hit nine locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). It was codenamed Operation Sindoor. Significantly, this is the first time since 1971 that India struck across the international boundary (IB) or the settled and accepted border between India and Pakistan.

Indian armed forces attacked sites belonging to three Pakistan-based militant groups that India says carried out strikes on its territory, according to an intelligence document shared with Newsweek after the assault. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors ratcheted up after gunmen massacred 26 people, mostly Indian tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month. India struck nine targets inside Pakistan, saying these were […]

Pakistan has issued a warning to India, demanding an end to its military operations or risk further escalation following Indian airstrikes under ‘Operation Sindoor’ in response to the killing of tourists in Kashmir. Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Pakistan is “willing to wrap up these things” if India halts its actions, but cautioned, “If India attacks, we’ll respond.” The […]

India and Pakistan appear once again to be inching towards the precipice of a perilous confrontation in the wake of a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in the heavily militarized region of Kashmir. The assault left 26 Indian tourists dead. Without waiting for even the semblance of an investigation, India rushed to accuse Pakistan within minutes after the incident. Subsequently, New […]

The terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), killing and severely injuring many civilian tourists, serves as the most recent reminder of the perpetual threat posed by India’s ‘natural enemy’. This threat is compounded by local support that Pakistan-backed terrorism has managed to garner across the border. Among the Pahalgam attackers, two of the six men are allegedly […]