NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades. The ceasefire deal ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, viceroy of India, discusses Britain's partition plan with Hindu and Muslim leaders in the summer of 1947. AP Photo/Max Desfor For both nations, independence almost immediately ...

The first war between India and Pakistan began only weeks after Partition. What started as a fight over Kashmir ended up ...

Since Independence, India and Pakistan have engaged in war at least three times apart from border skirmishes escalating to war-like conditions. Tensions between the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Since the country declared independence in 1947, Pakistan has come into conflict with its neighbor India on a number of ...

August 14, 1947, is a date that can never be forgotten in the history of the Indian subcontinent. On this day, India was divided, and a new nation emerged on the world map by the name of Pakistan. The ...

A boy uses a bamboo stick to adjust national flags at an overhead bridge ahead of Pakistan's Independence Day, in Islamabad, August 10, 2018. — Reuters Pakistan's evolution from 1947 to 2025 ...