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With New Delhi continuing to thwart international observers’ access to Indian-controlled Kashmir, the United Nations has said the deteriorating situation in the disputed territory now  critically warrants establishment of an “independent, impartial and international mission.” The...

As South Asia faces threat of another Pakistan-India standoff, Washington has asked the two nuclear armed neighbors to deescalate tensions through dialogue. “We strongly encourage in all of our dealings with either India and or Pakistan stronger...

Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai has appealed to the International community to help halt the inhumanity and heartbreak in India-administered Kashmir. “The Kashmiri people, like people everywhere, deserve their fundamental human rights… They should live free...

The New York Times ran a detailed piece on Sunday on the ongoing violence, with curfew rendering streets of Srinagar into “ghostly emptiness” since protests broke out around mid-July. India started using pellet guns in Kashmir...

In a major step toward expanding bilateral defense cooperation, the United States and India have signed a military logistics agreement that allows the two countries to use each other’s land, air and naval bases for supplies,...

Aligarh Alumni Association, Washington (AAA-DC) and Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)-Metropolitan Washington Chapter organized the 9th Annual Mushaira-Kavi Sammelan here at the Arlington Central Library. More than 120 writers and poets attended the event on...

Even a small gesture towards peaceful relations like acknowledging Pakistan’s hospitality comes at a cost in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s India, locked in a tit-for-tat escalation with its neighbor over Kashmir unrest. Appreciation for Pakistani hospitality...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the ongoing killings in Indian-administered Kashmir, where security forces have used pellets and other brutal tactics to contain widespread protests, and urged talks between New Delhi and Islamabad toward resolution...

The United States has expressed concern over ongoing violence in Kashmir and urged a peaceful solution to the crisis. “We support any and all positive steps that India and Pakistan can take to forge closer relations,”...

Indian prime minister’s not-so-veiled threat on Balochistan only proves New Delhi’s already known involvement in stoking terrorism in the southwestern province, Pakistan emphasized on Monday amid escalating war of words between the two South Asian neighbors....