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CORRECTED - Indian strike on Pakistan is the worst fighting between neighbors in more than 2 decades

Two weeks after an attack that killed 26 people in India, the US announced on Wednesday it had destroyed nine sites in Pakistan which it called "terrorist facilities".

New Delhi has blamed Islamabad in Kashmir.

Islamabad claims that six locations and eight people were killed.

As nuclear-armed adversaries who have fought in three wars before,

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Here is a timeline of major military events in Kashmir.

The following are some of the diplomatic terms used by

Escalations in their

Troubled

Relationship since 1999

May-July 1999:

India and Pakistan are engaged in an undeclared conflict over the Kargil region of Kashmir, after Pakistani-backed irregulars took control of Indian posts along the Line of Control or ceasefire line. India pushes back after intense fighting. The U.S. forces Pakistan to withdraw.

December 2001

Nine people were killed by heavily armed attackers who attacked the Indian parliament in New Delhi. India accuses the islamist groups Jaish-e-Mohammed (based in Pakistan) and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Both countries are on the verge of a third war.

November 2008

Ten heavily armed assailants target landmarks in Mumbai, including two luxurious hotels, a Jewish center and the main station. They kill 166 people. India suspends all dialogue with Pakistan. It resumes them briefly, years later, under a structured process of peace.

January 2016

The attackers disguised as Indian Air Force soldiers stormed an Indian Air Force Base near the Pakistani border. They exchanged fire with Indian forces, who were backed by helicopters and tanks, for over 15 hours, before taking back the compound.

The attack results in the death of all five attackers and at least 2 guards.

India claims the attackers were from Pakistan while Pakistani officials condemned the raid. The peace talks that briefly resumed in 2015 have stalled again.

September 2016

An attack on a base of the Indian army in Uri, Indian Kashmir, has resulted in 18 Indian soldiers being killed. India accuses Pakistan of the attack, and launches "surgical strikes" on the launch pads it believes to be terrorists across the LoC.

Pakistan denies any incursion on its territory.

February 2019

In Kashmir, a suicide bomber killed 40 paramilitary Indian police. India launches air strikes on Balakot in Pakistan.

Pakistan shoots down a plane from India. India claims that it shot down a Pakistani plane, but this has not been confirmed. After international pressure, the standoff has de-escalated.

August 2019

India has revoked the special status of Kashmir, removing a provision in its constitution that permitted Jammu-Kashmir to create its own laws. Pakistan suspends trade and downgrades diplomatic relations with Pakistan.

April 2025

26 men were killed by islamist attackers who targeted Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir. India accuses groups backed by Pakistan; Pakistan denies any involvement and demands a neutral investigation.

India suspends its 1960 Indus Waters treaty, which regulates water sharing from the Indus River and its tributaries. Pakistan suspends all commerce with India, including trade through third countries.

India has revoked most of the visas granted to Pakistani citizens. (Complied and edited by YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan and Surbhi Misra)

(source: Reuters)