The Latest Breaking News from Kashmir

Residents and officials in the disputed Kashmir region say there was overnight border fighting between Pakistani and Indian troops, despite a ceasefire to stop a conflict between the two countries

US president praises leaders of South Asian rivals for reaching ceasefire without which ‘millions of good and innocent people could have died’

It was announced on Saturday that the two countries had agreed a truce, following talks led by the US.

At a demonstration in Westminster, people from both sides of India-Pakistan divide call for more than mere ceasefire

India accused Pakistan of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement Saturday and said it was retaliating, hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the nuclear-armed neighbours had stepped back from the brink of full-blown war.

Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri said ‘there had been repeated violations of the understanding arrived between the two countries’.

Explosions have been heard over Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir just hours after a ceasefire was reached between India and Pakistan on Saturday, May 10.

India and Pakistan have seen the scenario play out before: a terror attack in which Indians are killed leads to a succession of escalatory tit-fot-tat measures that put South Asia on the brink of all-out war. And then there is a de-escalation.

The nations have agreed to an internationally mediated agreement prompting scenes of celebrations in Kashmir.

As both countries step back from the brink, the animosity generated by decades of dispute still endures

The ceasefire had been expected to bring a swift end to weeks of escalating clashes, including missile and drone strikes, triggered by the mass shooting of tourists that India blamed on Pakistan, something Islamabad denies.