Islamabad (AP)-On Saturday, India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire in the wake of the US-led talks to end the most dangerous military confrontation between nuclear armed competitors for decades.
The deal follows weeks of clashes, missiles and drones across their borders that resulted from the arms massacre of tourists last month that India blames Pakistan, which denies this charge. Dozens of civilians were killed on both sides.
The first word of the armistice came from US President Donald Trump, who was published on the social truth platform that India and Pakistan agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire. “Congratulations to both countries for using a good sense and great intelligence. Thank you for your interest in this matter!”
Pakistani Foreign Minister, Isaac Dar, announced the armistice of Geo’s news. He said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Turkey played an important role in facilitating the deal.
Indian Foreign Minister Vikram Maysri said that the head of military operations from both countries occurred on Saturday afternoon.
“It was agreed that both sides will stop shooting and military on the ground, and in the air and sea. Instructions were given on both sides to activate this understanding.” Maysary added that the senior military commanders will speak again on May 12.
The deal is expected to put a quick end to the military escalation.
India said it had targeted the Bakaian air bases early on Saturday after Islamabad launched several high -speed missiles in the military and civil infrastructure in the country of Punjab in the country. Pakistan said it had intercepted most of the missiles and responded with reprisals.
India says it has given an appropriate response to Pakistani work
Earlier on Saturday, the Indian army held a press conference in New Delhi, saying that Pakistan targeted health facilities and schools in its three air bases in Kashmir, which is controlled by Indian.
“A response has been provided in the Pakistani procedures,” said Indian Colonel Sofia Quraishi.
The Pakistan Army said it uses medium -range heavy missiles to hit an Indian missile storage facility and air bases in the cities of Pathancott and Udhampur. The spokesman for the army, General Ahmed Sharif, said that the country’s air force’s origins were safe after the Indian attack.
The Associated Press independently was unable to verify all the procedures attributed to Pakistan or India.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he and Vice President JD Vance have participated with senior officials from both countries over the past 48 hours.
Among them are the prime ministers Narendra Modi and Shaybaz Sharif, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, Supmanam, Gaishhakar, and the Pakistani President of the Army Staff, Ashm Munir.
Rubio said that the two governments agreed to “start talks on a wide range of cases in a neutral site.”
Indian strikes struck Pakistani air bases
Tensions have risen since the attack on a famous tourist site in Kashmir, which is controlled by India, left 26 fatal civilians, most of whom were Indian Hindu tourists, on April 22.
They traded strikes and heavy fire for several days.
On Saturday, the Indian missiles targeted the Nour Khan Air Force Base in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad, and the Murid Air Force Base in Chakwal and Ravenic Air Force Base in Jang County in the eastern Punjab province, according to the Pakistani military spokesman.
There were no immediate reports on the strike or its effects from the population in the overcrowded Rawalpindi.
Although the Pakistanis initially celebrated their army’s response to India, they were later cheerful about the armistice, saying it was a moment of pride and national comfort days after the tension.
In Islamabad, Zabida Bibi expressed her joy to restore peace with India.
She said, “War only brings suffering.” “We are happy that calm is back. It seems like a feast for me. We won.”
Indian -controlled explosions
After announcing the Pakistani revenge, the Indian -controlled residents of Kashmir said they had heard out -loud explosions in multiple places, including two cities of Srinagar, Jamo and the Odhamor fierce city.
“The explosions that we hear today differ from those that we heard last night during the drone attacks,” said Shish Paul Fayed, the former chief police official in the region and Jamo resident. “It looks like a war here.”
Vaid said the explosions were heard from areas with military bases, adding that the army’s sites were targeted. The residents living near the airport of the city of Srinjar, also an air base, said they were defeated by explosions and the prosperous sound of aircraft.
“They have already started waking up, but the explosions took my children out of their sleep. They started crying,” said Mohamed Yassin, a resident of Srinjar, adding that he heard at least explosions.
The buildings were destroyed or damaged in the Indian Kashmir, where strong explosions exploded from surfaces, windows, walls and left homes full of holes.
The villagers and rescuers in the Kashmir area, which is controlled by Kashir, through the ruins of the houses hit by the Indian bombing during the night on Friday while people were carrying the dead. Others included their ruins.
Omar Abdullah, the supreme official in Kashmir, welcomed the ceasefire. He said: “If this happened two or three days ago, we have avoided bloodshed and the loss of precious spirits.”
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Hussein stated from Srinjar, India, and my narration mentioned from New Delhi. The authors of the Associated Press Sheikh Salik in New Delhi, Babar Dawar in Lahore, Pakistan, Ashm Tanfir in Mulkan, Pakistan, Monir Ahmed in Islamabad and Rizz Khan in Beshawar, Pakistan, in this report.