India, Pakistan and ceasefire
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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.
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The US-brokered ceasefire agreement will not go anywhere near addressing the fundamental grievances fueling the decades-long dispute over the status of Muslim-majority Kashmir.
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India announced it was halting implementation of the 1960 treaty on the sharing of water from six rivers in the Indus basin. India has control over the eastern rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej while Pakistan relies on the western rivers Indus, Jhelum and Chenab for most of its agricultural needs.
The first word of the truce came from President Trump, who announced that the two countries had reached a "full and immediate ceasefire," after talks mediated by the U.S.
Mohammad Iqbal was working the nightshift at a power plant when he got a frantic call from his family saying artillery shells were exploding around their home.