Tension is escalating rapidly between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan after air combat between the rivals ended with the reported loss of aircraft by both nations. The ongoing flare-up started on February 14 with the suicide bombing of Indian police troops in Kashmir, a divided region in the north that has been contested by Islamabad and New Delhi since 1947. Some 40 people were reportedly... 

Pakistani firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire caused by a bombing that destroyed 16 NATO supply trucks on the outskirts of Peshawar on August 6, 2011. Sixteen NATO supply vehicles transporting fuel destined for US-led forces in Afghanistan have gone up in flames in a bomb attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A total of 28 tankers were parked at a terminal on the outskirts of the provincial...