Indo-Pak

The sloppy land-parceling that decided the Indo-Pak boundaries fueled mass displacement and death, and also left the territorial status of border regions like Jammu and Kashmir in dispute.

How did we end up at the most perilous moment in Indo-Pak relations in decades—the closest they’d come to war since the late 1990s?

"The Indo-Pak conflict is moving into a new drone era - one where 'invisible eyes' and unmanned precision may determine escalation or restraint. Thus, in South Asia's contested skies, the side that masters drone warfare won't just see the battlefield - they'll shape it," Jahara Matisek, a professor at the US Naval War College, told the BBC.

The latter, which had already been fighting off mujahedeen splinter cells, was worried about how a government-powered Taliban could further work with Pakistani intelligence to bolster groups that could attack India across the Indo-Pak border; thus, the Indian government never formally recognized the Taliban’s power.

Last year was the worst year in 15 years for such cross-border firings, according to data from the independent Indo-Pak Conflict Monitor.