India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 28. India’s forces remain on a “heightened” state of alert despite Pakistan's promise to free a pilot shot down in air raids this week, India’s military leaders said Thursday. 👉 Escalating tensions between India and Pakistan continued Thursday with armed skirmishes between the nuclear-armed rivals and the closure of Pakistani airspace stranding thousands of air passengers. Pakistani and Indian forces briefly traded fire acro

▶️Pakistan and India signed a landmark agreement Thursday on the opening of a new border crossing for Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit one of their holiest places in Pakistan. 👉The rare instance of cooperation between the two nuclear-armed South Asian rival nations comes amid a sharp deterioration in their traditionally strained ties. The crossing will give visa-free access to pilgrims from India through a specially built corridor to the Pakistani town of Kartarpur, home to a temple, or gurdwara,