Maulana Masood Azhar

Excerpted from 'Kashmir at the Crossroads' by Sumantra Bose, with permission from Pan Macmillan.

Pakistan unlikely to exit grey list' as FATF meets to decide its fate: Report

The virtual FATF plenary will be held in Paris from February 22 to 25 to consider cases of various countries on the grey list, including Pakistan, and a decision will be made at the conclusion of the meetings

Pakistan shuts down seminaries run by Jaish-e-Mohammad

The crackdown in Punjab province, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's power base and the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammad, follows the arrest this week of several members of the militant group, including its leader, Maulana Masood Azhar, an Islamist hardliner and long-time foe of India.

Talks with Pak hangs in balance, decision to be taken today

On Wednesday, India had deferred a decision on whether to go ahead with the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan on Friday after the detention of "several individuals" of the dreaded Jaish-e-Mohammad by Islamabad although there was no confirmation of reports that its chief Maulana Masood Azhar was held.

Arrested JeM militants over Pathankot air base attack: Pakistan

News of the arrests comes 48 hours before a rare meeting of foreign secretaries of the nuclear-armed rivals is tentatively scheduled to take place.

India, Pakistan Foreign Secretary-level talks unlikely this week

Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Policy Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has said that the foreign secretary talks would be held on January 15 but National Security Adviser Ajit Doval was quoted as having said that talks can be held only after action, a stand from which he has distanced himself later.

Parliament attack: 10 years on, any lessons learnt?

It's been 10 years since the attack on Parliament, which was the biggest attack on the Indian democracy. The attack left a trail of evidence behind, that pointed to Pakistan.