Kashmir conflict: India accuses Pakistan of violating ceasefire

In the conflict between India and Pakistan , the situation remained largely calm overnight, despite an alleged breach of the ceasefire by Pakistan. Indian Foreign Minister Vikram Misri had accused Pakistan that evening of breaking the agreed ceasefire after just a few hours.

Pakistan denied this. "So far, there have been no violations by the Pakistani side," said Information Minister Attaullah Tarar in an interview with the news channel Geonews. "This is a baseless accusation, and reason should prevail," he added. A statement from the Foreign Ministry on Saturday also stated that Pakistan remains committed to implementing the ceasefire. In the following hours of the night, there were initially no more serious allegations or reports of attacks by either side.

However, a minister from the Pakistani part of Kashmir had spoken of violent clashes in the border area – according to him, however, on both sides.

A few hours after the ceasefire agreement, the Indian regional government of Jammu and Kashmir reported explosions in the Himalayan region. The air defense units in the city of Srinagar had been activated, wrote Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, on Platform X. This is not a ceasefire . The newspaper India Today reported that Pakistan may have also carried out attacks outside of Kashmir in other border areas. Two intruding drones were shot down, including one in the state of Rajasthan.

India and Pakistan had reached agreement after four days mutual air strikes on Saturday, a surprise ceasefire was agreed upon. There has been a comprehensive and not just a partial end to the Fighting agreed, said Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq US President Donald Trump was the first to make the breakthrough reported during the negotiations. The Indian Foreign Ministry stated that the military leaders of Pakistan and India had agreed on a ceasefire. It is planned that the The two top military officials will speak again on May 12 should.

The Kashmir conflict has been going on for almost 80 years, but it has recently escalated significantly. Following a terrorist attack on civilians in the Indian part of Kashmir, for which India blames Pakistan, there were clashes along the border and mutual air strikes.