2008 India–Pakistan standoff

2008 India–Pakistan standoff
	Part of Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts
	; Map of Indian subcontinent
Date	November–December 2008; (1 month)
Location	Indo-Pakistan border
Result	De-escalation; Threat of war was neutralised; Media of both side started the public side peace initiatives
Belligerents
India Indian Army; Indian Air Force; Indian Navy;	Pakistan Pakistan Army; Pakistan Air Force; Pakistan Navy;
Commanders and leaders
Manmohan Singh; (Prime Minister of India); Pratibha Patil; (President of India); Pranab Mukherjee; (Minister of External Affairs); Gen. Deepak Kapoor; (Chief of Army Staff); ACM Fali Homi Major; (Chief of Air Staff); Adm. Sureesh Mehta; (Chief of Naval Staff)	Yusuf Raza Gilani; (Prime Minister of Pakistan); Asif Ali Zardari; (President of Pakistan); Ahmad Mukhtar; (Defence Minister of Pakistan); Gen Tariq Majid; (Chairman Joint Chiefs); Gen. Ashfaq Kayani; (Chief of Army Staff); ACM Tanvir Ahmad; (Chief of Air Staff); Adm. Noman Bashir; (Chief of Naval Staff); Adm. Asaf Humayun; (Commandant Marines)

After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Pakistan and the ISI were believed by India to be directly responsible for the attacks, leading to strained relations between the two countries for a period of time. An Anti-Pakistani sentiment also rose in India, causing many, including the United States to call for probes into it.

The standoff was significant because both the countries were nuclear nations, having first successfully tested nuclear weapons in 1974 and 1998 respectively. The countries had already participated in 4 wars since their partition and independence in 1947, and relations between the two nations have been strained throughout their histories. The lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks confirmed that the terrorists came from Pakistan, and that they were trained by Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives. In 2011, he also confessed that the ISI had been supporting them throughout the attacks.

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