May The two countries stand on the brink of their fourth war after India launches major counter-strike against Pakistani intruders dug in on mountains in Kargil in Indian Kashmir. 2000

July Summit between General Pervez Musharraf and Vajpayee in the Indian city of Agra ends in failure.

2001, Dec Militants attack Indian parliament. Fourteen people, including the five assailants, are killed. India blames Pakistan-based Kashmiri separatist groups Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad and demands action against them.

2003 Pakistan announces ceasefire along the Line of Control, the de facto border in Kashmir. India welcomes the move.

2004 The two countries launch a peace process that brings an improvement in diplomatic, sporting and trade links but no progress on Kashmir. Peace process comes under strain from occasional bomb attacks in India.

2008, July India says Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency was behind a bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul that killed 58 people.

Nov Mumbai attacks bring tension to its highest level since since the weeks following the December 2001 attack on India's Parliament.