Islamabad (AP) – India military strikes in cashmere and Pakistan under control of Pakistan and Pakistan this week killed more than 100 activists, including their eminent leadership, said the Director General of Military Operations on Sunday.
Lieutenant-General Rajiv Ghai said that the Armed Forces of India has glued nine infrastructure and militant training facilities, including sites in the Lashkar-E-Taiba group that India blamed to have made major militant strikes in India and the disputed region of the cashmere.
There was no way to check these statements independently.
“We reached total surprise,” Ghai said at a press conference in New Delhi, adding that Pakistan’s response was “erratic and shaken”.
Both countries accepted a truce one day earlier after discussions to defuse the most serious military confrontation between them for decades. But the ceasefire was shaken a few hours later by night fights in the disputed cashmere, and the two parties accused themselves of rape the agreement several times. The drones were also spotted on Saturday evening on the cashmere controlled by India and the Western state of Gujarat, according to Indian officials.
The escalation of violence began last week after a massacre of tourists firearms in the cashmere controlled by India. India blamed the attack on Pakistan, which denied any involvement.
As part of the ceasefire, nuclear arms neighbors agreed to immediately stop all military action on land, in the air and at sea.
People on both sides of the control line, which divide the territory, reported heavy exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops. The fights were calmed on Sunday morning.
In the Kashmir Poonchre region under Indian control, people said that the intense bombings of the last days had traumatized them.
“Most people ran while shells were licensed,” said Sosan Zehra, student Sosan Zehra, who returned home on Sunday. “It was completely chaotic.”
In the Neelum Valley of Cashmere controlled by Pakistan, which is 3 kilometers (2 miles) of the control line, the residents said that there were fire and heavy bombing after the cease-fire start.
“We were satisfied with the announcement, but again, the situation is uncertain,” said Mohammad Zahid.
President Donald Trump was the first to publish on the cease-fire agreement, announcing him on his social platform Truth. Indian and Pakistani officials confirmed the new one shortly after.
Pakistan thanked the United States, and in particular Trump, on several occasions for facilitating the ceasefire.
India has not said anything about Trump or the United States since the agreement was announced. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Sunday with senior government officials and soldiers.
A UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Sunday that Secretary General Antonio Guterres praised the agreement as a positive step towards the relaxation of tensions. “He hopes that the agreement will contribute to lasting peace and to promote an environment conducive to the resolution of broader and long -standing problems between the two countries,” said Dujarric.
India and the main military officials in Pakistan is expected to speak on Monday.
India and Pakistan have fought daily since Wednesday along the rugged and mountainous control line, which is marked by coils of razor wire, watchtowers and bunkers that wind through the foothills populated by villages, tangled bushes and forests.
They systematically blamed the other for starting the skirmishes, while insisting that they do not retaliate themselves.
The cashmere is divided Between the two countries and claimed by both in its entirety.
They fought two of their three wars in the region and their links were shaped by conflicts, an aggressive diplomacy and mutual suspicion, mainly because of their competing statements.
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Hussain reported to Srinagar, India.