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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2019
Pakistan and India step back from the brink, but unease continues
A flare-up between archfoes India and Pakistan appeared to be easing on Saturday after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian pilot amid efforts by global powers to prevent a war between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2019
Pakistan set to release downed Indian pilot and reopen airspace amid Kashmir tensions
Pakistan prepared to release a captured Indian pilot on Friday as the nuclear powers scaled back their confrontation, and said it would reopen its airspace to commercial flights.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2019
Where are bodies of militants India claims it bombed, Pakistani village asks
The only confirmed victim of India's airstrike against Pakistan is still unsure why he was shaken awake in the early hours of Tuesday by an explosion that rocked his mud-brick house and left him with a cut above his right eye.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2019
India welcomes Pakistan's return of pilot captured in Kashmir, as major powers urge de-escalation
Indian military officials have welcomed Pakistan's planned return of a captured pilot, but refused to confirm they would de-escalate a conflict between the two nuclear powers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 1, 2019
India bans Kashmiri Islamist party for five years amid conflict with Pakistan
India banned a Kashmir-based Islamist political party called Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) for five years on Thursday, accusing it of supporting militancy in the disputed region that is at the heart of an escalating conflict with rival Pakistan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2019
India accuses Pakistan of deploying F-16 jets during Kashmir raid, defying U.S. terms of sale
India accused Pakistan of using U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets in its raid in Kashmir, opening up a potential diplomatic row over the aircraft's deployment by one American ally against another.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2019
India-Pakistan: Maybe war, but not a water war
Why does conflict continue between India and Pakistan? The short answer is because the Pakistani Army needs it to.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2019
Saved from Pakistani mob, downed Indian pilot becomes face of Kashmir crisis
A downed Indian fighter pilot who was attacked by a mob and then paraded on video by Pakistan's army has become a social media sensation and a hero in his homeland amid a spiraling crisis between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2019
Commercial flights to and from Pakistan, India disrupted as tensions rise
Several airlines, including Emirates and Qatar Airways, suspended flights to Pakistan on Wednesday after the South Asian nation closed its airspace following heightened tensions with neighboring India.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2019
Can the U.S. avert an India-Pakistan war?
North Korea and Venezuela are getting the headlines, but the world's most dangerous crisis is taking place in South Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2019
India says hundreds of terrorists killed in strikes on Pakistan, described as worst escalation in decades
India said its fighter jets destroyed a major terrorist camp in Pakistan in an incident described by Islamabad to be a "grave aggression," and reported to have been the worst escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals since 2001.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2019
Five reported killed as India toughens Kashmir crackdown against militants and detains over 160 separatists
Five people were killed in a gun battle between members of a Pakistani militant group and Indian security forces in disputed Kashmir on Sunday as India intensified a security crackdown, including detaining more than 160 separatists this weekend.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2019
India says mastermind of Kashmir bombing killed in clash along with five of its troops, as tensions with Pakistan soar
Indian forces on Monday killed three militants, including the suspected organizer of a suicide bombing in the disputed region of Kashmir that fueled tension between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, police said, with five troops also killed in the clash.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2019
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman heads for Pakistan amid India tensions
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in Pakistan on Sunday at the start of his tour of South Asia and China, but the visit risks being overshadowed by escalating tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 9, 2019
Long a spoiler, Pakistan quietly starts aiding U.S.-Taliban talks
Pakistan, long at odds with the United States over the war in Afghanistan, has begun to play a behind-the-scenes but central role in supporting U.S. peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, including by facilitating travel to negotiations, U.S. officials and Taliban sources say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2018
Alleged leader of China consulate attack in Pakistan reported killed in Afghanistan
One of the alleged masterminds of an attack by a Pakistani separatist group on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi last month has been killed in Afghanistan along with five associates, the insurgent group that claimed the attack said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2018
Trump asks Pakistan leader Imran Khan for help with Afghan peace talks as U.S. pullout speculation swirls
Pakistan said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump has sought its help with faltering Afghan peace talks, part of intensifying efforts by Trump to end one of America's longest wars.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2018
Chinese businesses face resentment and terror attacks in Pakistan
An attack on a diplomatic mission in Karachi last week shows the risks Chinese businesses face as they expand across Pakistan in the face of growing resentment over Beijing's influence in the economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2018
Canada urges Pakistan to ensure safety of Christian woman spared in blasphemy case
Canada urged Pakistan on Tuesday to ensure the well-being of a Pakistani Christian woman whose life is in danger after having been acquitted in the South Asian country last month of blasphemy charges against Islam, a ruling that sparked mass protests.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2018
Aussies win back respect in Dubai
Leading a scandal-hit team dismissed as Australia's worst in 30 years, captain Tim Paine's pledge to win back hearts and minds seemed a fanciful, if noble aspiration in the lead-up to the test series against Pakistan.

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