Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

India–Pakistan conflict
	Part of the Kashmir dispute and the Cold War
	; Location of India (orange) and Pakistan (green)
Date	22 October 1947 – present; (77 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Line of Control, India–Pakistan border
Status	Ongoing Direct engagements: Wars: 1st Indo-Pakistani War (1947–1948); 2nd Indo-Pakistani War (1965); Air war of 1965; ; Bangladesh Liberation War (1971); 3rd Indo-Pakistani War (1971); Air war of 1971; Naval war of 1971; ; Siachen conflict (1984–2003); Kargil War (1999); Cross-border skirmishes and military standoffs: 1958 East Pakistan-India border clashes; 1965 Rann of Kutch Conflict; 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff; 2008 India–Pakistan standoff; 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2016 Indian Line of Control strike; 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2020–2021 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2023 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2025 India–Pakistan standoff; 2025 India–Pakistan conflict; ;
Belligerents
India; ; Bangladesh (1971); Alleged proxies: Baloch insurgents (1970s-present) Balochistan Liberation Army; Balochistan Liberation Front; Baloch Students Organization; ; ;	Pakistan; ; Alleged proxies: Kashmiri insurgents (1989-present) Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Jaish-e-Mohammed; United Jihad Council; Hizbul Mujahideen; People's Anti-Fascist Front; The Resistance Front; Dukhtaran-e-Millat; Harkat-ul-Mujahideen; Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami; ; ; Khalistani insurgents (1984-1995) ; Mizo insurgents (1961-1986) ;

Since the partition of British India in 1947 and subsequent creation of the dominions of India and Pakistan, the two countries have been involved in a number of wars, conflicts, and military standoffs. A long-running dispute over Kashmir and cross-border terrorism have been the predominant cause of conflict between the two states, with the exception of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which occurred as a direct result of hostilities stemming from the Bangladesh Liberation War in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).