India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates Sharply With Attacks on Military Bases

India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates Sharply With Attacks on Military Bases

The fighting between India and Pakistan intensified sharply on Saturday, with both sides targeting air bases and military sites, and each blaming the other for striking first. Pakistan said India had targeted at least three of its air bases with air-to-surface missiles in the early hours of Saturday, including Nur Khan, a key air force … Read more

A New Kind of Battle for India and Pakistan, Two Old Foes

A New Kind of Battle for India and Pakistan, Two Old Foes

India and Pakistan moved closer to all-out war early Saturday as the Pakistani military accused India of attacking at least three of its air bases, and then reported that it had retaliated by targeting Indian air bases and a missile storage site. The reported exchange of strikes was a sharp escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors … Read more

A Tension Unlike Anything Felt in Decades

A Tension Unlike Anything Felt in Decades

As the conflict between India and Pakistan has escalated, with its impact felt well beyond the border in the disputed region of Kashmir, this is the tensest time I can remember since 1971. That was the year of the last major declared war between India and Pakistan. I was in seventh grade, and I can … Read more