Native residents depart a passenger bus upon their arrival at a bus terminal, day after the ceasefire between Indian and Pakistan was introduced, in Chakothi, close to Line of Management, some 61 kilometres (38 miles) from Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan managed Kashmir, Sunday, Could 11, 2025.
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ISLAMABAD — A ceasefire to finish the battle between India and Pakistan was shaken by in a single day border combating within the disputed Kashmir area.
Individuals on either side of the Line of Management, which divides the territory, reported heavy exchanges of fireplace between Indian and Pakistani troops. The combating subsided by Sunday morning.
The 2 international locations agreed to a truce a day earlier after talks to defuse essentially the most severe navy confrontation between them in many years following a gun bloodbath of vacationers that India blames on Pakistan, which denies the cost.
As a part of the ceasefire, the nuclear-armed neighbors agreed to right away cease all firing and navy motion on land, within the air and at sea. They accused one another of repeatedly violating the deal simply hours later.
Drones have been noticed Saturday evening over Indian-controlled Kashmir and the western state of Gujarat based on Indian officers.
Within the Poonch space of Indian-controlled Kashmir, folks stated the extreme shelling from the previous few days had traumatized them.
“Most individuals ran as shells have been being fired,” stated faculty pupil Sosan Zehra who returned house Sunday. “It was fully chaotic.”
In Pakistan-controlled Kashmir’s Neelum Valley, which is three kilometers from the Line of Management, folks stated there have been exchanges of fireplace and heavy shelling after the ceasefire started.
Resident Mohammad Zahid stated: “We have been joyful in regards to the announcement however, as soon as once more, the state of affairs feels unsure.”
U.S. President Donald Trump was the primary to publish in regards to the deal, asserting it on his Reality Social platform. Indian and Pakistani officers confirmed the information shortly after.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level assembly on Sunday with high authorities and navy officers.
India, not like Pakistan, has not stated something about Trump or the U.S. for the reason that deal was introduced. Nor has India acknowledged anybody past its navy contact with the Pakistanis.
Each armies have engaged in day by day combating since Wednesday alongside the rugged and mountainous Line of Management, which is marked by razor wire coils, watchtowers and bunkers that snake throughout foothills populated by villages, tangled bushes and forests.
They’ve routinely blamed the opposite for beginning the skirmishes whereas insisting they have been solely retaliating.
India and Pakistan’s two high navy officers are because of communicate once more on Monday.
