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Indo-Pakistani wars With continued violence in Kashmir and a heightened threat of terrorist activity by Pakistan-based militant groups, tensions and concerns over a serious military confrontation between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan remain high. In October 2017, militants  attacked  an Indian paramilitary camp near Srinagar, and in February 2018  attacked  an Indian army base in the Jammu region, killing five soldiers and a civilian. The attacks came amidst a period of increased cross-border shelling along the  Line of Control , with more than three thousand reported violations in 2017 and nearly one thousand in the first half of 2018. Violent demonstrations and anti-India protests calling for an independent Kashmir  continued ; over three hundred people including civilians, Indian security forces, and militants were killed in attacks and clashes in 2017. After months of heavy-handed Indian military operations targeting both Ka...

India vs Pakistan: Military strength and arsenal; India has carried out air raids on rebel camps inside Pakistan weeks after a suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region, raising fears of a war between the nuclear-armed South Asian nations. At least 42 Indian paramilitary personnel were killed in the attack claimed by Pakistan-based rebel group, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi  vowed a strong response in the wake of the worst attack on soldiers in decades. Pakistan downplayed Tuesday's incident, saying Indian aircraft violated Pakistani airspace and that Indian jets "released a payload" hastily in a forest area after crossing the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides Indian- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Military budget In 2018, India allocated four trillion rupees ($58bn), or 2.1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), to support its 1.4 million active troops, according to the Inter...

Pakistan Pakistan  is a country in  southern Asia . It is next to  India ,  Iran ,  Afghanistan , and  China . It is officially called the  Islamic Republic of Pakistan . It has a long coastline along the  Arabian Sea  in the south. Pakistan has the  fifth largest population  (207.77 million) in the world. Pakistan has a total land area of 880,940 km 2  (340,130 sq mi) (including the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan). This makes Pakistan the 34th largest country in the world. Pakistan has the seventh largest army in the world. The  capital  of Pakistan is  Islamabad . Before 1960, it was  Karachi , which is now the country's largest city India The  Republic of India  is a country in Asia. It has an area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). It is at the center of South Asia. India has more ...