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On the 1965 War - a Pakistani poster @Kaptaan made an interesting point. He asked why India has not conquered or taken over Lahore. Was this ever an Indian strategic objective? I do recollect reading that the Americans actually asked India to stop /slow its advance toward Lahore in 1965 so...

I was literally about 300-400 meters away from the Taj at a pub called Henry Thams. A week before I had dropped an American Jewish friend off at Chabad House and then she joined me at another pub right opposite Chabad House called Bootleggers. It was absolute chaos when it happened.

I will once I know the source of your hypothesis. Is it based on some scholarly work or hearsay?

Is this from a Pakistani textbook? Because it's not rooted in real history.

Some Pakistanis, have a tendency of getting over the drubbing received in various wars with India by trying to claim some mythical 1000 year reign. To quote @Kaptaan - " However from the India POV it gave them the first victory in a 1,000 years and that is why they will tout it for thre next...

The people who live on those islands outside of defence personnel are some of the last uncontacted people on the planet. Bombing has no strategic benefit. Killing uncontacted tribe would invite worldwide condemnation. The only thing that would help China is an actual capture of the islands...

India did offer land to Pakistan in Kashmir BEFORE the 1965 War - prodded on by Kennedy after the 1962 fiasco

Nope.

Is that logic from a Pakistani text book?

India also lost 50 aircraft. You can expect a separate thread on each of them. Pakistan has never achieved a single strategic objective in any of the wars against India - so they celebrate minor tactical victories.

Afghanistan seems to be an ideal location to set up a spy thriller in - it seems every country has spies operating out of it.

The Blood Telegram - The Dissent Channel is a messaging framework open to Foreign Service Officers, and other U.S. citizens employed by the United States Department of State and Agency for International Development (USAID) through which they are invited to express constructive criticism of...

That is from a dubious source. Can't expect objectivity. For thread to be constructive - please use known media outlets / reporters.

Few points here - I intend to cover the history of 1962 as well. Yes, it was a drubbing. No point denying it and history must not be obfuscated by insecure nationalism. British Rule? It wasn't just one war - British rule in India (both Company and Crown) would deserve a thread of its own. But...

I am going to start with 1971 - since this is one of the most documented and written about wars. I shall try to put it in Chronological order - but there might be some overlap in timelines. Let's begin with how the Western World got hold of the genocide that was taking place in erstwhile East...

They recently let American aircraft refuel there. https://theprint.in/defence/us-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-refuels-in-andamans-amid-tensions-with-china/515631/

Shocking? Yes. Surprising - no. Recently the Pakistani PM referred to Osama Bin Laden as a Marty in the Pak Parliament no less. The release of Pearl's killers is sad but just a reflection of the Pakistani State's mindset.

Here - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/25/asia/pakistan-daniel-pearl-release-intl-hnk/index.html

Trust the British to screw up borders everywhere.

India's founding ethos is based on secularism and pluralism. This was quite important to two main architects of the freedom movement - an extremely religious Hindu - Mahatma Gandhi and an agnostic and quasi - British Nehru. Now one looks at Jinnah and sees a man who exploited religious fissures...