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India – Pakistan conflict
- A Pakistani cleric publicly claimed that Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed dispatched ten thousand militants into Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
- Indian official statements reaffirmed commitments at international forums to counter cross-border terrorism originating from Pakistan-based militant networks.
- India's Border Security Force deployed enhanced anti-drone technologies and specialized counter-UAV personnel along the international border.
- The Indian Air Force conducted Exercise Vayu Shakti in Rajasthan to demonstrate operational combat capabilities in desert sectors.
- A court in Jammu issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against a Pakistan-based terrorist linked to regional infiltration networks.
The May 2025 ceasefire understanding between Indian and Pakistani Directors General of Military Operations continues to hold along the Line of Control and international border. Operational activity remains limited to routine anti-drone interdictions, domestic security deployments, and planned military exercises in border states.
The Border Security Force intensified anti-drone counter-measures along the international border to intercept weapon drops and narcotics smuggling. In Rajasthan, the Indian Air Force executed Exercise Vayu Shakti, deploying combat aircraft to demonstrate operational readiness in desert terrain. Meanwhile, a court in Jammu issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for a Pakistan-based militant charged with infiltration planning.
Bilateral diplomatic engagement remains frozen, with official contact restricted to routine consular exchanges under existing confidence-building protocols. Indian representatives raised concerns over civil unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, while Pakistani officials disputed Indian public media accounts regarding aircraft losses during Operation Sindoor in May 2025. Additionally, Indian diplomats reiterated demands at international venues for Pakistan to dismantle cross-border terrorist infrastructure.
Sub-conventional threats and rhetoric regarding historical militancy continue to shape bilateral discourse. Public statements by a Pakistani cleric alleging that Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed sent ten thousand fighters into Kashmir highlight enduring concerns over militant infrastructure. Concurrently, legal actions against Pakistan-based operatives reflect India's strategy of using domestic judicial mechanisms against cross-border networks.
The absence of military mobilization or border skirmishes keeps interstate conflict risk low despite unresolved territorial and water disputes. The 2021 ceasefire reaffirmation and May 2025 DGMO understanding preserve operational stability across the Line of Control. Assessment: The India-Pakistan theater will likely remain at routine operational friction levels without immediate risk of large-scale military escalation.
- 2026-08-19
Pakistan summons US diplomat over ambassador's remarks on Jammu and Kashmir
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry summoned the US chargé d'affaires after US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor visited Srinagar and described Jammu and Kashmir as an important part of India.
- 2026-08-12
West Bengal police arrest suspected Pakistani national on military spying allegations
Indian security forces detained a suspected Pakistani national near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal on charges of conducting military intelligence activities using fraudulent documents. Authorities stated the suspect had been residing illegally in India while gathering information on military and transportation assets.
- 2026-08-12
India designates Attari as e-visa entry point while maintaining restrictions on Pakistani travelers
India updated its e-visa immigration framework to include eleven new entry points, including the Attari land crossing on the Pakistan border. Officials emphasized that travel restrictions and strict vetting for Pakistani nationals remain in effect following the April 2025 diplomatic measures.
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- 2026-08-12
Indian security forces arrest suspected Pakistani operative in West Bengal near border
West Bengal Special Task Force officers detained a suspected Pakistani national carrying forged Indian identification documents near the Bangladesh border. Authorities reported the individual had resided illegally in India and initiated investigations into potential intelligence links.
- 2026-08-12
India adds Attari crossing to e-visa network while tightening border infrastructure personnel rules.
- 2026-08-11
Indian security agencies issue alerts over potential cross-border threats ahead of Independence Day.
- 2026-08-10
Indian Border Security Force launches pre-Independence Day security operations along the Pakistan border.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Are India and Pakistan at war?
No open war. Two nuclear-armed neighbours with a disputed border in Kashmir, recurring cross-border incidents and insurgent violence, and a history of four wars since 1947. In the worldwide legal classification India and Pakistan each appear only for internal conflicts — Maoist insurgency, the TTP, Balochistan — never for a conflict with each other. The index reads 8/100 as of 1 January 1970 (stable), on a scale where 50 and above is reserved for fighting actually under way.
How dangerous is the India and Pakistan situation right now?
The index reads 8/100 — stable. The scale is anchored on 22 historical episodes from 1914 to 2005, so the number means the same thing from one theater to the next. It is a measurement of what is reported, not a forecast.
How is the India and Pakistan risk index calculated?
By fixed formula from open-source reporting: events are extracted and graded by how well evidenced they are, scored across weighted factors, and the model never picks the number. How the index works, and what it does not measure, is explained at wwiii.report/methodology.
How often is this updated?
Every day. The report is rebuilt from that day's reporting and the index re-judged from it, and a fall is published only once the evidence confirms it.
Timeline events — hover the chart to read them
Timeline events — hover the chart to read them
Timeline events — hover the chart to read them
One 0–100 scale for the whole conflict. 0–49 is escalation before war; 50–100 is active war and how far it has gone.
50 is not a threshold the number can cross on its own. Which side a theater sits on is decided by whether verified belligerents are fighting there, so war onset always moves the score up across 50 — the number never declares a war by climbing.
It is a stage, not a probability: 42 is not a 42% chance of war. Below 50 it grades movement toward war, above 50 the war itself.
Why it moved, under the chart, names what changed in the latest move: the day’s readings — strikes, casualties, talks — and, when the conflict’s stage was re-judged, what was graded differently and the events behind it. Open it for the detail.
Re-judged from open reporting by fixed formula — the model never picks a number — and a fall publishes only once the evidence confirms it. A dot on the line is a day the stage itself moved. How it is made →
Direction — which way the week pushed. Severity — where the index sits. Connections — how much of the rest a shock here reaches. Cascade — that reach combined with how ready this theater is to go off.
The index reads the state of the conflict, not the volume of news. Each run grades the factors listed below against fixed rubrics, and the score follows by formula.
So a dramatic headline moves nothing unless it changes a grade. A theater already graded for recurring incursions absorbs one more without moving — it is priced in.
Open How this was measured for every grade, its movement since the last run, and the events behind it. Full construction →
A different measurement from the score above, from a different source. This line counts how much of the world's news reports conflict between these two states, against their own long-run normal: 100 is normal, 200 is twice the usual level.
It is computed mechanically from the GDELT Project's open event stream every 15 minutes and never touches the assessed index above — when both move together, that agreement is the signal. A day with too few events shows no reading rather than a guess. Click the chart for the full history.
Data: the GDELT Project.