India said it launched missiles targeting "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the divided Himalayan territory that India also controls a section of.

India and Pakistan have already fought three wars over Kashmir, a contested region they both claim in its entirety and each control a part of. Another conflict could have catastrophic consequences.

And India did not seem to be backing away from its declaration that it would no longer comply with a river treaty between the two countries — a critical factor for Pakistan, which said that any ...

India and Pakistan, which became separate countries in 1947, have fought three wars, with disputes over Kashmir a part of each one. One of those, in December 1971, established the so-called Line ...

Pakistan's foreign minister also said both countries had agreed to a ceasefire "with immediate effect" and India's foreign ministry said it would start at 5 p.m. Indian time (1130 GMT).

India also claims there are casualties from Pakistani fire in the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir. Pakistan's leader called the missile salvo an act of war.

India sent troops in on condition that Singh formally accede to India, and the first of four Indian-Pakistan wars began in 1947. It ended with Pakistan gaining control of a third of the disputed ...

Topline Tensions between India and Pakistan boiled over on Wednesday after India’s military launched overnight airstrikes on what it claims was “terrorist infrastructure” in the neighboring ...

Pakistan, however, claimed it shot down several Indian aircraft in retaliation — including three top-line fighter jets. Two planes fell onto villages in India-controlled Kashmir while one fell ...

In 1965, the tension over the region between India and Pakistan again erupted into a full-scale war. Thousands of people were killed on both sides. About seven years later, an agreement was signed ...

The escalation began after India accused Pakistan of being behind an attack where gunmen killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in India-administered Kashmir on April 22. Pakistan denies it.

“This is five times the Super Bowl,” he said. “There are few rivalries that compare.” Indian batsman Vijay Hazare is bowled by Pakistan's Amir Eliah during the Test Match in New Delhi in 1952.