Contemporary · South Asia · War

2025

India and Pakistan exchange strikes

May 7, 2025

After a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, India and Pakistan exchanged air, missile, and drone strikes across their border. The confrontation ended without full-scale war, but it showed how quickly crises in Kashmir can escalate between two nuclear-armed states.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: August 5, 2024: Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh
After: March 15, 2026: India's population lead over China widens

Before and after in War

Before: December 8, 2024: Assad government falls in Syria

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.