India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began.

The ceasefire had been expected to bring a swift end to weeks of escalating clashes triggered by the mass shooting of tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan.

Even after a ceasefire, the standoff over Kashmir risks escalating into something far worse if nationalist ideology wins out over realism.

A ceasefire agreed between India and Pakistan appears to be holding, with both sides stressing their commitment to the surprise truce which halted the worst fighting in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

The Pakistani minister’s comments come just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “blood and water cannot flow together”, reasserting the External Affairs Minister’s previous order that IWS wi

The Pakistan Super League is set to resume this weekend after a ceasefire between Pakistan and India. “Let the aura take over as we unite and celebrate the spirit of cricket," he posted. Pakistan and India agreed to a truce last Saturday after talks to defuse their most serious military confrontation in decades.

As tensions ratcheted up over the last week of fighting, Pakistan did not consider deploying nuclear warheads to strike India, the country’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar told CNN on Monday.

After the announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir is beginning to return to normalcy after a tense spell. The authorities announced that schools and colleges in parts of the Union Territory will reopen from today.