Kashmir

Raising alarm over the impact of internet and social media restrictions imposed by authorities in the Indian-controlled state of Jammu and Kashmir, the United Nations has called on New Delhi to protect the right to freedom...

Clashes between Indian forces and Kashmir protesters Photo VOA via Wikimedia Amid brutal Indian campaign to gag protests on the streets of Kashmir, Pakistan raised the Kashmir dispute at the United Nations, eliciting a jittery response from...

AP photographer Yasin Dar carrying injured Kashmiri girl to safety Photo courtesy Faisal Khan  It was another day of troubles in the Indian controlled Kashmir. But it was no ordinary moment for a workaholic photojournalist of...

With South Asian political temperature soaring, a top Pakistani diplomat has said the United States is in a unique position to defuse Pakistan-India tensions over hot button Jammu and Kashmir dispute, as Washington has close relations...

Despite mounting tensions in Kashmir and along parts of the border during the last several months, the trade between Pakistan and India has remained intact since the beginning of the current fiscal year. Pakistan’s central bank...

Pakistan and India cannot be enemies forever and the two South Asian neighbors need to engage with each other and resolve disputes, Islamabad’s National SecurityAdviser Nasser Khan Janjua said amid escalating tensions between nuclear armed countries....

Indian forces in Kashmir continue to inflict mental scars on young people in the disputed Himalayan territory that has also escalated tensions between nuclear armed neighbors since mass demonstrations against New Delhi’s repressive rule last year....

The United Nations military observer group, tasked with monitoring ceasefire violations in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region, is investigating the reported violations along the Line of Control, a world body spokesperson said while asking nuclear-armed neighbors, Pakistan and India,...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is considering holding talks with officials from India and Pakistan on the deteriorating situation in Kashmir and will see how things can be improved on the ground. “He will talk to different...

Wagah Border trade and travel crossing  Photo: Kamran Ali via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan has returned an Indian soldier, Chandu Babulal Chohan, reportedly captured from the Line of Control (LoC) on September 29, 2016. “The soldier was...