TIMELINE: Highs and lows in Pakistan-India ties
July 2008 - India blames Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency for a bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.
November 2008 - Ten gunmen launch multiple attacks in Mumbai, killing 166 people. India blames Pakistan-based militants and breaks off talks with Pakistan.
February 2009 - India cautiously welcomes Pakistan's investigation into the Mumbai attack. The day before, Pakistan admitted for the first time, that the attack was launched and partly planned from Pakistan.
March 2009 - India's home minister says Pakistan is threatening to become a failed state and it was not clear who was in control of the country.
May 2009 - India's new coalition government says it is up to Pakistan to take the first step toward better ties by cracking down on militants on its soil.
June 2009 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Russia. Singh tells Zardari he wants him to ensure militants can not operate from Pakistan.
(Compiled by Zeeshan Haider; Additional writing and editing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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