After several days of murderous attacks of drones, artillery fire and missile strikes, Pakistan and India accepted one on Saturday one “Immediate ceasefire“The American President Donald Trump, welcoming the” common sense “of the two nuclear powers, announced to everyone’s surprise.
In two words:
- India and Pakistan have accepted an immediate cease-fire after several days of violent military clashes and deadly strikes.
- The agreement was welcomed by Donald Trump, who claims American mediation, even if New Delhi affirms a direct negotiation between neighbors.
- The conflict had been launched by a deadly attack in cashmere, followed by military climbing that caused dozens of civilians.
Since Wednesday, the two neighbors, born from a painful score in 1947 from the British colonizer, were deaf to the retention of foreign capitals which feared the point of no return. “”After a long night of discussion under American mediation, I am happy to announce that India and Pakistan have accepted a total and immediative ceasefire“wrote Donald Trump on his social social network, sending his”Congratulations to the two countries“For their”common sense and great intelligence“.
In the wake of Islamabad, the Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar confirmed that Pakistan and India had accepted “A ceasefire with immediate effect“In a message on X. Also confirming a ceasefire agreement in Delhi, an Indian government source indicated, however, that it had been directly negotiated between India and Pakistan and that the two neighboring countries had not planned to discuss something other than ceasefire.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had just declared on X that the agreement followed in-depth negotiations between himself and Vice-President JD Vance with the Indian Prime Ministers and Pakistani Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, as well as other senior officials.
“I am happy to announce that the governments of India and Pakistan have accepted an immediate cease-fire and start talks on a wide range of questions in a neutral place“Also said Rubio.
“Avenged innocent deaths”
It all started on April 22 with an attack that shocked India: armed men killed 26 men on a tourist site with Indian cashmere. New Delhi accused Islamabad of supporting the jihadist group which she suspects of the attack, which her neighbor firmly denied. After diplomatic sanctions, threats to the sharing of water from the Industry river, the two countries have entered their worst military confrontation on Wednesday for decades.
That day, India led strikes on several Pakistani cities ensuring destroying “terrorist camps“And leading to a spiral of attacks and counterattacks. again on Saturday morning, Pakistan announced launching its response after Indian missile fire on military bases, including one at the gates of Islamabad.
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The Pakistani Prime Minister said that “with the ‘compact edifice’ operation“, Pakistan had”given to India an adequate and avenged response the innocent deaths” -a “vengeance“that he had promised in an address to the nation on Wednesday. India confirmed that he had undergone a series of attacks, including drones, against several military targets located throughout the northwest part of his territory.
The main city of Indian cashmere, Srinagar, was shaken several times on Saturday by violent detonations. Touched in the early morning, Awantipora’s air base near Srinagar was still struck at midday, according to a police source expressed under the cover of anonymity. Marco Rubio then urged his Indian and Pakistani counterparts “to restore direct communication to avoid any calculation error“, While China has hausses the tone, calling”firmly“The two neighbors at restraint.
“Limited damage”
According to the official assessment of both camps, violence has killed sixty civilians since Wednesday. This state of war has aroused significant population movements on both sides of “line of control“which separates the contested region from cashmere between the two countries.
In the Indian part, the station of the city of Jammu, targeted by attacks by Pakistani drones the last two nights, was taken by storm by residents in search of a train. “”There were strong explosions all night“, said one of the candidates at the start, Karan Varma, a 41 -year -old mason, on a platform.”There is no other choice than to leave“.
On the other side of the de facto border, Mohammed Hussain told a night of violence which killed, according to the authorities of the Pakistani cashmere, 11 civilians. “”My house was strongly damaged in the shots, I try to evacuate my family to a safer place“He said. After the cease-fire announcement, Pakistan reopened its airspace while on the Indian side, 32 airports in the northwest quarter of the country remained closed.
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