US EditionPakistan, India Close to Completing Border Troop Reduction: CJCSC Gen Mirza
- On May 30, 2025, Pakistan’s top military official, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, indicated that both Pakistan and India are nearing a reduction of troop deployments along their border to levels seen before recent clashes erupted in Kashmir.
- The reduction follows a deadly April 22 militant attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 26 mostly Indian tourists and sparked air strikes and tit-for-tat military clashes.
- The conflict lasted about 87 hours with both nuclear-armed neighbors using jets, missiles, and drones before a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on May 10 halted hostilities as misinformation surged online.
- Mirza cautioned that the crisis reduces the margin for preventing a wider conflict beyond Kashmir and warned that harm and devastation could occur before the international community has an opportunity to intervene.
- While both sides express openness to dialogue, limited communication channels and escalating nationalist propaganda suggest the risk of future escalation remains significant.
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CJCSC Gen Mirza says India’s 'strategic miscalculation' cannot be dismissed
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza speaks during an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit, in Singapore, May 30, 2025, in this screengrab from a video. — ReutersSINGAPORE: Pakistan and India are...
Pakistan, India De-Escalate Border Troops - Republic Policy
Pakistan and India are moving towards restoring troop levels along their shared border to pre-conflict norms, following a surge in military tensions earlier this month. In an exclusive interview with Reuters on Friday, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), confirmed that both sides had begun scaling back their forces, though he cautioned that the recent escalation has heightened long-term r…
Pakistan, India Near Completion of Border Troop Reductions: CJCSC General Sahir
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build up along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad said. Both sides used fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery in four days of clashes, their worst fighting in decades, before a ceasefire was announced.The spark for the latest fighting between the…
India-Pakistan Border Troop Reduction Nears Completion Amid Tensions
Pakistan and India are nearing completion of a significant troop de-escalation along their tense border. General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, confirmed the development during an interview at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Friday. This comes weeks after a brief but intense military exchange in early May. Return to Pre-Conflict Status General Mirza said both militaries h…
Problems can only be resolved through dialogue, not on the battlefield: CJCSC Gen Mirza - Kashmir Media Service
Singapore: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, said Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build-up along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, although he warned the crisis has increased the risk of escalation in the future. According to Kashmir Media Service, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, who is in Singapore to attend the Sh…
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