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India-Pakistan strikes: 5 essential reads on decades of rivalry and tensions over Kashmir

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India and Pakistan have engaged in 4 wars since 1947. Tensions over the disputed region of Kashmir have often been the source.

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  1. New York Post

    India strikes Pakistan as tension between nuclear-armed neighbors following terror attack reaches fever pitch (opens New York Post)

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    Multiple loud explosions were heard in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday as India said it had attacked "terrorist infrastructure" in nine sites and Pakistan vowed to respond to the attacks.

  2. The American Conservative

    India Launches Missile Attack on Pakistan-Controlled Kashmir (opens The American Conservative)

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    State of the Union: The operation escalates a conflict that reignited after a terrorist attack in India.

  3. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Pakistan has vowed to respond after India’s missile strikes. Here’s what we know (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India (CNN) — Tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad remained high on Thursday after India’s assault on parts of Punjab and Pakistan-administered Kashmir – igniting fears as both nations stand on the brink of a wide…

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Pakistan authorizes military response after India strikes – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    India has said it carried out strikes in Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Pakistan has vowed retribution over what it describes as an "act of war."

  5. The Guardian

    Wednesday briefing: Pakistan vows response to ‘act of war’ after India’s cross-border strikes (opens The Guardian)

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    What you need to know about Indian strikes in response to terrorist attack in Kashmir last month

  6. Townhall

  7. NBC News

    India-Pakistan live updates: Pakistan vows retaliation after Indian airstrikes follow Kashmir attack (opens NBC News)

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    Pakistan vowed retaliation after India launched missiles toward its neighbor in response to a deadly terrorist attack in the disputed region of Kashmir.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    India: What's next after missile strikes on Pakistan? – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Pakistan has vowed to retaliate following India's missile strikes. But experts in India say neither country wants a full-blown conflict and the challenge is to manage the next level of escalation.

  9. The Guardian

    India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again (opens The Guardian)

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    All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis could escalate

  10. The Conversation US

    India-Pakistan strikes: 5 essential reads on decades of rivalry and tensions over Kashmir (opens The Conversation US)

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    India and Pakistan have engaged in 4 wars since 1947. Tensions over the disputed region of Kashmir have often been the source.

  11. The Guardian

    Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strikes kill 26 (opens The Guardian)

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    Fears raised of escalating conflict after statement accusing India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and Punjab

  12. The Guardian

    Pakistan PM authorises ‘corresponding action’ after India strikes kill 26 | First Thing (opens The Guardian)

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    UN calls for maximum restraint from two nuclear powers. Plus, Israeli minister accused of ethnic cleansing for vowing ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed’

  13. PJ Media

  14. NPR

    Tensions escalate as Pakistan calls India's operation 'an act of war' (opens NPR)

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    Pakistan says India's strikes on Wednesday is "an act of war." India's military described its operation as targeting "terrorist infrastructure."

  15. CBS News

    India preps for possible retaliation after hitting Pakistan with missile strike as Kashmir tension soars (opens CBS News)

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    Tension between the nuclear-armed nations is soaring. Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif has vowed to retaliate after Indian strikes killed more than two dozen people.

  16. Deutsche Welle

    Kashmir conflict: How will Pakistan react to Indian strikes? – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Pakistan has vowed to retaliate after India struck several targets overnight in response to last month's deadly attack against tourists in Kashmir. Experts fear the decades-old conflict could spiral out of control.

  17. The Guardian

    Kashmir crisis live: India must ‘suffer the consequences’ for ‘cowardly’ attack says Pakistan PM (opens The Guardian)

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    Shehbaz Sharif addresses nation as tensions escalate after 26 people killed and 46 injured in Indian air force attack

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