Indian official decries Pakistan's breach of fresh ceasefire
Indian Deputy Foreign Minister Vikram Misri announced on Saturday that Pakistan violated a ceasefire agreement reached just a few hours earlier, urging the authorities in Islamabad to halt these actions.
According to Misri, the Indian armed forces are responding to the breach of the truce. He emphasized that the military has been instructed to "respond forcefully" to any violation of the agreements.
Shots fired after ceasefire
Indian media previously reported on Pakistan's breach of the agreement and airstrikes on several border districts. According to the AP, gunfire was reported in at least five locations along the so-called Line of Control — the unofficial border dividing the disputed Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan and India have nuclear weapons
The escalation occurred on Wednesday when India carried out attacks on targets in Pakistan in retaliation for a terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, in the Indian part of Kashmir, which killed 26 people.
Pakistan strongly denied any connection to this attack. In response to India's actions, Pakistani forces carried out a series of counterattacks on opposing territory. According to available information, as of Saturday, at least 66 people have been killed due to mutual shelling.
Since 1947, following the partition of British India and the creation of independent India and Pakistan, Kashmir has remained a disputed territory. Both countries possess nuclear weapons.
