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India – Pakistan conflict
- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry summoned India's chargé d’affaires to protest the fatal Border Security Force shooting of two Pakistani civilians near Kasur. Dawn - Home · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan summons Indian envoy over killing of 2 civilians by border troopsHindustan Times · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan summons Indian envoy after BSF shoots dead 2 men near Punjab borderPakistan News, Latest News Pakistan, Pakistan Headline | The Express Tribune · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan summons Indian envoy over killing of two Pakistanis along international border
- Pakistani aircraft and drones struck suspected militant camps inside Afghanistan under Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq, killing 22 fighters. Pakistan News, Latest News Pakistan, Pakistan Headline | The Express Tribune · 1 Oct 2026Pakistan hits Afghan terror hideouts; 22 killed
- Pakistani security forces killed five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants during an intelligence-based raid in South Waziristan. Times of India · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan kills 5 TTP militants as violence escalates on Afghanistan border
- Indian Air Force Chief AP Singh stated India may procure alternative fighter platforms if indigenous fifth-generation jet development faces delays. Times of India · 3 Oct 2026AMCA, Rafale and drones: IAF chief lays out India's air power roadmap
- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced adherence to applicable international and domestic sanctions regimes concerning trade with Iran. Dawn - Home · 2 Oct 2026Islamabad hints at cautious shift on US sanctions against Iran
Diplomatic Border Demarche
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Indian chargé d'affaires on 3 October 2026 to deliver a formal protest over the fatal shooting of two Pakistani civilians along the international border in the Bedian sector near Kasur. Islamabad condemned the Border Security Force's use of force as disproportionate, denying that the victims attempted to cross the border fence. Indian authorities have not publicly retracted their operational reporting regarding the border encounter. Dawn - Home · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan summons Indian envoy over killing of 2 civilians by border troopsHindustan Times · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan summons Indian envoy after BSF shoots dead 2 men near Punjab borderPakistan News, Latest News Pakistan, Pakistan Headline | The Express Tribune · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan summons Indian envoy over killing of two Pakistanis along international border
Air Force Fleet Roadmaps
Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh announced on 3 October 2026 that the service may seek alternative foreign combat aircraft if the indigenous fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft program experiences production delays. The Indian Air Force operates 29 active fighter squadrons against an authorized ceiling of 42 squadrons. Singh reaffirmed ongoing procurement steps to acquire 114 multi-role fighter aircraft to offset projected fleet retirements. Times of India · 3 Oct 2026AMCA, Rafale and drones: IAF chief lays out India's air power roadmap
Afghan Frontier Strikes
The Pakistani military conducted cross-border airstrikes and drone operations under Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq on 2 October 2026 against two militant encampments in Afghanistan, killing 22 fighters. Pakistani ground units separately killed five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan operatives during counter-insurgency operations in South Waziristan on 3 October 2026. Islamabad warned the Afghan Taliban administration that military strikes will persist alongside diplomatic approaches if cross-border attacks continue. Times of India · 3 Oct 2026Pakistan kills 5 TTP militants as violence escalates on Afghanistan borderPakistan News, Latest News Pakistan, Pakistan Headline | The Express Tribune · 1 Oct 2026Pakistan hits Afghan terror hideouts; 22 killed
Iran Sanctions Position
Pakistan's Foreign Office announced a policy adjustment on 2 October 2026 by pledging compliance with applicable sanctions regimes on Iran under domestic and international law. The diplomatic formulation departs from previous official statements prioritizing bilateral commerce and energy agreements with Tehran. The announcement aligns Islamabad closer to multilateral trade restrictions amid broader regional diplomatic maneuvering. Dawn - Home · 2 Oct 2026Islamabad hints at cautious shift on US sanctions against Iran
Assessment
Routine border demarches following the Kasur shooting and external air force modernization discussions reflect entrenched bilateral estrangement without showing signs of acute interstate escalation.
BOTTOM LINE // Diplomatic protests over fatal border firing and Indian fighter fleet procurement deliberations maintain baseline tensions without imminent military escalation.
- 2026-10-03
Indian border troops killed two Pakistani civilians in firing along the Kasur border.
State media reported that India's Border Security Force fired without warning on three Pakistani villagers who stepped past a border marker near Ladhar in Kasur. Two civilians were killed and one was injured, while Pakistani officials alleged a violation of established boundary standard operating procedures.
- 2026-09-29
Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor completes maiden live-fire test
The Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor completed its maiden live-fire weapons testing in the North Arabian Sea.
- 2026-09-26
Pakistan warns India that diverting Indus waters constitutes an act of war
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned the United Nations General Assembly that any Indian effort to divert Indus River waters would be treated as an act of war.
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- 2026-09-16
Pakistani and Indian warships collide during maneuvers in Arabian Sea
A Pakistani naval vessel collided with an Indian Navy warship during high-speed maneuvers in international waters in the Northern Arabian Sea. India summoned Pakistan's chargé d'affaires to protest the collision as a bilateral breach.
- 2026-08-31
Permanent Court of Arbitration orders India to uphold Indus Waters Treaty
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ordered India to uphold the Indus Waters Treaty and halt construction on a Kashmir hydropower project. India's Ministry of External Affairs rejected the ruling, asserting the court lacked legal jurisdiction.
- 2026-08-22
Indian Army raises first dedicated drone battalion along Pakistan border
The Indian Army established its first dedicated drone unit, the Baaz Battalion, deployed along the international border with Pakistan.
- 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.
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 24.4/100 as of 1 January 1970 (coercive pressure), 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 24.4/100 — coercive pressure. 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.