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India-Pakistan Bilateral Relations
A collision at sea has become the latest flashpoint between India and Pakistan. On the night of 15 September 2026 the Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata and the Pakistan Navy vessel PNS Hunain collided in the north Arabian Sea. India summoned Pakistan's Chargé d'Affaires the next day and lodged a strong protest, saying the incident happened in international waters and broke the April 1991 agreement under which the two navies must stay three nautical miles apart. Pakistan countered that the Indian ship had acted provocatively inside its Exclusive Economic Zone. On 18 September the Ministry of External Affairs rejected that version, called Pakistan's reply prevarication, and said INS Kolkata took no major damage and stayed at sea.
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Tracks the India-Pakistan relationship after the INS Kolkata-PNS Hunain collision of 15 September 2026: India's protest, the 1991 naval-distance rule it says Pakistan broke, and the rejection of Pakistan's counter-claim on 18 September.
- India-Pakistan relations
- INS Kolkata
- PNS Hunain
- Arabian Sea
- Ministry of External Affairs
- 1991 military agreement
- Randhir Jaiswal
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