India and Pakistan are locked in a rapidly escalating military exchange that threatens to explode into a fully fledged war, triggered by a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 in which 26 civilians were killed, but rooted in ...

The neighbors have been in conflict over the disputed border region since their independence and partition in 1947.

Quiet diplomacy and high-stakes backchannel talks helped avert the most serious military escalation in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours

Neighbors India and Pakistan have a long history of military clashes, but this is why the nuclear-armed neighbors were fighting before announcing a ceasefire.

In January 1949, the first war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir concluded after the United Nations intervened to broker a cease-fire. Under the terms of the cease-fire, a line was drawn dividing the territory. India would occupy about two-thirds of the area, and Pakistan the other third.

The deal, first announced by Trump on social media, is meant to halt the deadliest outbreak of violence in the Kashmir region in decades.