India-Pakistan naval collision in Arabian Sea
India summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires in New Delhi on September 16 to protest a collision between the two countries' naval vessels in the Arabian Sea a day earlier. India's Ministry of External Affairs accused the Pakistani navy of 'unacceptable and unprofessional conduct' that led a Pakistani ship to collide with an Indian warship in international waters, in violation of a 1991 bilateral agreement requiring naval vessels of both countries to stay at least three nautical miles apart. India's charge d'affaires in Islamabad was instructed to lodge a matching protest with Pakistan's foreign ministry; Pakistan had not immediately commented. It is the first direct military-to-military incident between the nuclear-armed neighbors since a four-day conflict the previous year, and comes amid diplomatic ties that have been downgraded -- with no ambassadors exchanged -- since 2019, when India revoked the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir.
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17 September 2026
- India, Pakistan summon diplomats after naval ships collide in Arabian Sea South China Morning Post
- India and Pakistan summon diplomats after ships collide in international waters BBC News