Akram Shahid \/ AFP<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ishaq Dar, announced on X on Saturday May 10 in the early afternoon, that Pakistan and India had accepted “A ceasefire with immediate effect”<\/em>confirming a similar announcement by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Islamabad and New Delhi had been engaged since Wednesday in their worst military confrontation for decades, exchanging drone attacks, artillery fire and missile strikes.<\/p>\nThis ceasefire was “Negotiated directly”<\/em> Between the two countries, the Indian government said in stride. “India and Pakistan have reached an agreement today on a ceasefire and the stopping of military operations”<\/em>confirmed on X the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The two parties were agreed to go back on May 12, according to the secretary of the Ministry of Indian External Affairs.<\/p>\nBut, at the end of the afternoon, according to an Indian government source at the France-Presse (AFP) agency, Islamabad violated this truce. A series of strong detonations were heard in Srinagar, the main city of the Indian cashmere, where electricity was cut, according to AFP.<\/p>\n
Following this agreement, Pakistan said it was reopping its airspace. This one was closed “Until Sunday” <\/em>morning, the local aviation authority had announced at mid-day. In India, 32 airports in the northwest quarter of the country were closed until further notice.<\/p>\n\nRead also |<\/span> Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span> India-Pakistan: Indian military operation revealed the weaknesses of its air force <\/span> <\/div>\n Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\nViolent detonations<\/h2>\n This truce is “Extremely welcome<\/em>[e] \u00bb\u00bb<\/em>reacted the Secretary of State for British Foreign Affairs, David Lammy. \u201cI urge both parties to maintain it. De -escalation is in the interest of all \u201d<\/em>he added on X. more prudent, the German foreign ministry welcomed “An important first step to get out of the climbing spiral”<\/em>believing that “The dialogue is essential”<\/em>. For the chief of French diplomacy, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, this truce is “The choice of responsibility”. <\/em>In a message posted on X, he continued by recalling “The need to continue the fight against terrorist groups”<\/em>.<\/p>\nNew Delhi accuses Islamabad of supporting the jihadist group which she suspects of having murdered 26 civilians on April 22 in the tourist town of Pahalgam, in Indian cashmere, which Pakistan firmly denies. Since the Indian strikes carried out on Wednesday on the Pakistani soil in retaliation for this attack, the two nuclear powers have gone blow for blow in a disturbing climbing. According to official balance sheets from both camps, the fighting has so far caused sixty civilian deaths.<\/p>\n
On Saturday morning, Pakistan announced that it has retaliated to strikes, a few hours earlier, of Indian missiles targeting three of its air bases – Nour Khan, Mourid and Chorkot -, one of which is at the gates of the capital, Islamabad. In the process, India confirmed that it has undergone a series of Pakistani attacks, including drones, against several military targets located all over the northwest part of its territory.<\/p>\n
The main city of Indian cashmere, Srinagar, was shaken several times on Saturday by violent detonations, AFP journalists have noted. Touched in the early morning, Awantipora’s air base near Srinagar was still struck at midday, according to a police source expressed under the cover of anonymity.<\/p>\n\nRead also |<\/span> Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span> After an attack on India against its air bases, Pakistan launches the operation “lead wall” <\/span> <\/div>\n Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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