Siachen Conflict

India, Pakistan hold talks on Siachen

The two defence secretaries held a one-on-one meeting ahead of the delegation-level meeting, official sources said.

Progress in Siachen, Kashmir issues needed to sustain peace: Pak

Terming the current atmospherics between the two countries as "satisfactory", Shahid Malik, who is on his way out as the High Commissioner of Pakistan, said "small dents" have also started appearing in the "trust-deficit".

India to stick to its stand on Siachen troops

India is expected to stick to its stand on authentication of troop positions at Siachen at the upcoming talks with Pakistan.

India, Pak diplomats to meet end June, discuss visa accord

Pakistan Wednesday affirmed that the liberalized visa treaty with India will be signed soon as the foreign secretaries of the two countries prepare to meet in New Delhi June 29, setting the stage for the visit of External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to Islamabad mid-July.

India must take bold initiative on Siachen: Khar

Hina Rabbani Khar stressed there could be no military solution to the problems between the two countries and that India and Pakistan "should learn lessons from the past and look forward.

Tough to solve Siachen crisis if Indian troops are on higher ground: Pak

"Pakistan cannot withdraw from Siachen unilaterally," Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said Sunday.

Pak talks peace in Siachen, but wages propaganda war

Pakistan's Army chief has called for the demilitarisation of the Siachen glacier. But it's just pious baloney intended to deflect attention from Pakistan's perfidy down the ages.

Pakistani daily puts onus on Manmohan to end conflict in Siachen

A settlement on Siachen, the world's highest battleground, will have a positive effect on the overall relationship between Pakistan and India, said a leading daily that exhorted the Manmohan Singh government to "put its foot down and end the conflict".

Massive hunt on for buried Pak soldiers

Hundreds of troops, sniffer dogs and mechanical equipment were at the scene, but were struggling to make much headway into the avalanche