Kashmir: Apparently continued explosions – despite the fire break

India and Pakistan have agreed on an immediate fire break after days of mutual attacks. The Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq and US President Donald Trump unanimously announced this on Saturday. Trump congratulated both countries to have shown “common sense and great intelligence”.

A few hours later, the Indian government accused Pakistan of having broken the ceasefire. Vikram Misri, India’s State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called Pakistan to “take reasonable steps” to go into it. Misri spoke of a serious situation. The Indian armed forces are instructed to respond to these violations. Pakistan rejected the allegations.

Previously, the two nuclear powers had attacked each other again and accused of escalation in the several decades-old conflict about the Himalayan region of Kashmir. The fights were triggered by an attack on April 22nd in the Indian part of Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed. India blames Muslim extremists with connections to Pakistan. Pakistan denies a involvement.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq has confirmed on platform X that his country has agreed on a ceasefire with India.

According to the ceasefire, Pakistan, in turn, is said to have injured the ceasefire just a few hours later. “Pakistan violates the bilateral agreement with India,” it said from Indian government circles. The air defense units in the city of Srinagar were activated, the head of government of the Indian Union territory Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, wrote on the platform X. There were explosions. That is not ceasefire. The newspaper “India Today”, citing information sources, reported that there may be a break in the fire break not only in Kashmir, but also in other places in the western border. Two pounded drones, including one in the state of Rajasthan, were shot down. As journalists from the AFP news agency reported, several loud explosions were heard in the city of Srinagar in the Indian -controlled part of the Kashmir region and there was a power failure.

Pakistan on his part denied that he had broken the agreement. “So far there are no violations of Pakistani side, said Minister of Information Attalullah Tarar in an interview with the news channel Geoneews.” This is a baseless accusation, and it should be reason, “he said. In a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday it also said that Pakistan continues to work to implement the armistice.

Note: This article has been updated.