Ceasefire Set To End Weeks-long Confrontation Between India, Pakistan

Following weeks of escalating tensions betwixt India and Pakistan, nan 2 nuclear-armed countries agreed to a afloat and contiguous ceasefire Saturday, May 10. The ceasefire, mediated by nan U.S., was announced by President Donald Trump, who wrote connected his societal media platform, Truth Social, “Congratulations to some Countries connected utilizing Common Sense and Great Intelligence. Thank you for your attraction to this matter!”

Ceasefire effective immediately

While announcing nan statement connected Geo News, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar added that Saudi Arabia and Turkey besides helped facilitate nan deal, according to reporting from The Associated Press.

Writing connected nan societal media level X, Dar said, “Pakistan and India person agreed to a ceasefire pinch contiguous effect. Pakistan has ever strived for bid and information successful nan region, without compromising connected its sovereignty and territorial integrity!”

The ceasefire was group to return effect 5 p.m. section time.

India’s overseas secretary, Vikram Misri, meanwhile, said nan caput of some countries’ subject operations said Saturday and that some sides agreed to “stop each firing and subject actions connected land, and successful nan aerial and sea,” adding, “Instructions person been fixed connected some sides to springiness effect to this understanding.”

The 2 countries’ subject leaders are expected to speak again Monday, May 12, the AP quotes Misri arsenic saying.

Pahalgam’s opening salvo

Pakistan and India person been exchanging gunfire, rocket and drone strikes since April 22, erstwhile 26 group –– mostly Indian Hindus –– were killed aft a group of gunmen opened occurrence astatine Pahalgam, a Kashmir Valley tourer destination. India accused Pakistan of being down nan attack, a complaint Pakistan denies. By April 30, Pakistani officials were claiming that they had “credible intelligence” of impending Indian subject action.

A week later, India launched missiles into Pakistan, sidesplitting 26 and injuring 46 more. Islamabad called that onslaught “an enactment of war.”

The fighting betwixt India and Pakistan continued correct up until nan ceasefire was announced, pinch India saying it targeted Pakistani aerial bases connected Saturday, successful consequence to high-speed missiles that Pakistan launched towards subject and civilian infrastructure successful Punjab, India.

Some of those missiles targeted respective aerial bases, including Nur Khan, Murid and Rafiqui. However, Pakistan reportedly intercepted astir of nan missiles and launched retaliatory strikes successful turn.

More than 60 civilians person been killed and buildings destroyed successful parts of some Indian and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, a disputed region that each state administers portion of, but which some declare arsenic rightfully theirs successful its entirety.

The apical elected charismatic successful India’s Kashmir territory, Omar Abdullah, said that if nan ceasefire had been reached “two aliases 3 days earlier, we mightiness person avoided nan bloodshed and nan nonaccomplishment of precious lives.”

US domiciled successful talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance had reportedly been hammering retired nan truce complete nan people of 48 hours, arsenic they met pinch Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart, Shehbaz Sharif. India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and nan Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir were besides progressive successful nan talks.

Now, nan 2 governments will move to a “neutral site,” wherever they will statesman negotiating a “broad group of issues,” Rubio said.

America’s engagement successful mediating nan talks comes aft Pakistan’s ambassador to nan U.S., Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, made a nonstop plea to Trump for thief pinch de-escalating nan conflict. During a May 2 question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, Saeed said, “It could beryllium an important portion of President Trump’s bequest to be to this business — not pinch a Band-Aid solution, but by addressing nan halfway issue: nan Kashmir dispute.”