Shams Irfan

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Niha Masih |Shams Irfan

As India, Pakistan hail military feats, Kashmiris are left to grieve (washingtonpost.com) As India, Pakistan hail military feats, Kashmiris are left to grieve By Niha Masih; Shams Irfan 2025051805005100 URI, Indian-administered Kashmir — The night of May 8 returns to Sanam Bashir as a jumble of disjointed images. Her family was packed into three cars. The road was so dark, she said, and the artillery fire deafening.

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Niha Masih |Karishma Mehrotra |Shams Irfan

NEW DELHI — As India and Pakistan entered their third day of hostilities, the two nuclear-armed nations remained on the brink of a head-on military confrontation — but how close was difficult to tell, the fog of war made even murkier by tit-for-tat accusations of strikes and false-flag attacks.

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Niha Masih |Karishma Mehrotra |Shams Irfan

Fog of war thickens as India and Pakistan trade blame and accusations (washingtonpost.com) Fog of war thickens as India and Pakistan trade blame and accusations By Niha Masih; Rick Noack; Karishma Mehrotra; Shams Irfan 2025050908140300 NEW DELHI — As India and Pakistan entered their third day of hostilities, the two nuclear-armed nations remained on the brink of a head-on military confrontation — but how close was difficult to tell, the fog of war made even murkier by tit-for-tat accusations...

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Haq Nawaz Khan |Shams Irfan |Karishma Mehrotra

Pakistan and India accuse each other of drone attacks as tensions mount (washingtonpost.com) Pakistan and India accuse each other of drone attacks as tensions mount By Haq Nawaz Khan; Rick Noack; Shams Irfan; Karishma Mehrotra 2025050809565300 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of further hostile acts, including drone attacks, as the nuclear-armed neighbors edged closer to a head-on military confrontation.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Shaiq Hussain |Karishma Mehrotra |Shams Irfan |Haq Nawaz Khan

Pakistan claims to have downed Indian warplanes, vows response to strikes (washingtonpost.com) Pakistan claims to have downed Indian warplanes, vows response to strikes By Shaiq Hussain; Rick Noack; Karishma Mehrotra; Shams Irfan; Haq Nawaz Khan 2025050707335300 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — India and Pakistan were on the brink of direct conflict Wednesday for the first time since 2019, after India launched its deepest and deadliest strikes inside Pakistan in decades and Islamabad claimed to have...