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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the ongoing killings in Indian-administered Kashmir, where security forces have used pellets and other brutal tactics to contain widespread protests, and urged talks between New Delhi and Islamabad toward resolution...

The United States has expressed concern over ongoing violence in Kashmir and urged a peaceful solution to the crisis. “We support any and all positive steps that India and Pakistan can take to forge closer relations,”...

Indian prime minister’s not-so-veiled threat on Balochistan only proves New Delhi’s already known involvement in stoking terrorism in the southwestern province, Pakistan emphasized on Monday amid escalating war of words between the two South Asian neighbors....

The latest bout of words between interior ministers of Pakistan and India at the SAARC Internal Affairs Ministers’ moot in Islamabad have further stoked tensions between the two nuclear armed South Asian rivals. In the backdrop of...

A top United Nations counterterrorism official has said that a resolution of the Kashmir conflict between and India required goodwill of the member states. “We need also a goodwill of member states. How can we resolve...

Hundreds of Kashmiri-Americans Sunday staged a demonstration in front of the Indian Missions to the United Nations in New York to condemn the killings of protesters, and called on the U.N. to implement it resolutions on...

Pakistan has called for an “independent and transparent” inquiry into the extra judicial killings in Indian occupied Kashmir, terming the worsening situation there a grave threat to peace and security. Pakistan’s Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi conveyed this demand to...

Voicing concern over the deteriorating situation in Indian-held Kashmir, a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stands ready to mediate peace talks amid heightening tensions between India and Pakistan provided the two neighbors accept...

As death toll of protesters facing Indian crackdown in Kashmir rose to 30, the United States has said it is concerned over violence in Kashmir and urged all sides to find a peaceful resolution “Obviously, we’re...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all parties in Indian-held Kashmir to exercise “maximum restraint” and address the tense situation there through peaceful means.  “The Secretary-General is closely following the recent clashes in Kashmir,” he...