India Pakistan Relations

India-Pakistan: Zardari-Singh Meet and Beyond

Aparna Pande | Posted 04.13.2012

Aparna Pande

At the leadership level, it is well known that both President Zardari and Premier Singh personally desire better ties between their two countries and both have faced obstacles in their path towards this goal

Pakistani, Indian Reality Shows Hope To Bridge Gulf Between The Nations

AP | By SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 01.31.2012

ISLAMABAD -- For decades, archenemies Pakistan and India have engaged in a dangerous nuclear arms race. Now they're also competing in a more cheerful ...

Bitter Rivals See Gradual Thaw In Relations

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

NEW DELHI -- India and Pakistan agreed Tuesday to normalize two-way trade, signifying a gradual thaw in relations between the two bitter rivals. At t...

Indian PM Calls For New Chapter In Relations With Pakistan

AP | By KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 01.09.2012

ADDU, Maldives -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that India and rival Pakistan needed to stop wasting time trading barbs and open ...

Pakistan To Normalize Trade Relations With India

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says it has decided to normalize trade relations with its giant rival and neighbor India. Information Minister Firdous Ash...

India-Afghanistan-Pakistan: Not a Zero Sum Game

Aparna Pande | Posted 12.21.2011

Aparna Pande

Pakistan has no reason to fear close ties between India and Afghanistan, as both countries benefit from and seek a stable, democratic and prosperous Pakistan. In trying to prevent India and Afghanistan from building close ties, Pakistan may end up being left behind.

Strengthening U.S.-India Cooperation

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.27.2011

Jayshree Bajoria

A powerful and influential India is in U.S. national interests, and the two countries should collaborate more closely on all major global issues, says Robert D. Blackwill, co-chair of a new joint study report by the Council on Foreign Relations and Aspen Institute India.

India Arrests Three In Kashmir In Connection To Court Blast

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 11.15.2011

SRINAGAR, India — Investigators arrested three people, including two teenagers, in India's portion of Kashmir on conspiracy charges in connectio...

A New Chapter for U.S.-Pakistan Relations?

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.06.2011

Jayshree Bajoria

Pakistan's arrest of three men it identified as senior operatives of terrorist organization al-Qaeda is being touted as a sign of renewed cooperation between Washington and Islamabad after months of tense relations.

Pakistan-India: Still Seeking Parity

Aparna Pande | Posted 09.27.2011

Aparna Pande

Even today, Pakistan's foreign policy seems to be dominated by its historic refusal to accept India as being bigger or more powerful.

India, Pakistan Relations Are Entering New Era: Foreign Ministers

AP | By KATY DAIGLE | Posted 09.26.2011

NEW DELHI -- The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan spoke of entering a new era in relations between their nuclear-armed nations, after meeting W...

Clinton Heading To India One Week After Mumbai Explosions

Posted 09.17.2011

(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hopes to cement gains in ties with emerging global power India when she flies to New Delhi on Monda...

A Double Game in Pakistan? More Like Double Shame

Rob Asghar | Posted 08.03.2011

Rob Asghar

In a nation of 180 million people, only two million Pakistanis pay taxes. This may at first glance seem a tragic consequence of poverty, but bear in mind that roughly 30 percent of Pakistanis live in poverty, not 99 percent.

India, Pakistan Agree To First Peace Talks Since Terror Attack

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW DELHI — India and Pakistan announced Thursday they would resume wide-ranging peace talks that were frozen after the 2008 terrorist attacks i...

Do Nuclear Weapons Keep India and Pakistan From Each Other's Throats?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Russ Wellen

There are those who believe that nuclear proliferation on the part of India and Pakistan has deterred not only nuclear, but conventional war between the two hostile states.

It's in Our Court

Lloyd Garver | Posted 05.25.2011

Lloyd Garver

At this year's US Open, an Indian and a Pakistani were doubles partners. Their countries are almost always at war, but these two men became friends, played tennis and even touched hands after their final match.

Real India: At Koshy's Cafe, The Talk of Bangalore (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Lydon

"... And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy or ...

India Arrest Diplomat, Accuses Of Spying For Pakistan

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

India has arrested a woman working as a diplomat in its Islamabad embassy on charges of spying for Pakistan....

India, Pakistan and the Musical Gurus of Peace

Varun Soni | Posted 05.25.2011

Varun Soni

After more than 60 years of missed public diplomacy opportunities, it's time for India and Pakistan to follow the lead of A.R. Rahman and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and give music a chance.

Pakistan Cricketer, India Tennis Star's Engagement Faces Scandal As Secret Wife Emerges (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The fairytale engagement of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik to Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has become embroiled in scandal, after Malik was accu...

Halting Steps in New Delhi

Evan A. Feigenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Evan A. Feigenbaum

The recent talks between India and Pakistan had raised hopes in some quarters that New Delhi and Islamabad might reenter into a peace process. For now, such expectations are very unrealistic.

Hopes For India-Pakistan Peace Talks Are Modest

washingtonpost.com | Emily Wax | Posted 05.25.2011

Before creation of the India-Pakistan border split their villages in half in 1947, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh families here lived together. Today they can...

India Offers To Resume Talks With Pakistan

AP | TIM SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW DELHI — India offered Thursday to resume high-level peace talks with Pakistan, an overture that reflected a significant warming between the ...

Diplomatic Insanity: Ludicrous Displays From Dubai to Iran

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Brauchli

After Iran's and Israel's tourism ministers reportedly shook hands, the Iranian tourism ministry issued a statement that the alleged handshake was "an ugly and false rumor."

Terror Group Lashkar-E-Taiba ‘Planning Paraglider Attacks' In India

Times Online | Rhys Blakely | Posted 05.25.2011

Indian intelligence officials suspect that the terrorist group behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks is planning another audacious strike on the country -- t...