US EditionVillagers evacuated along India-Pakistan border fear going back | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Following four days of intense conflict near Jammu and Amritsar, India and Pakistan reached a ceasefire agreement on Saturday.
- The ceasefire came under U.S. Pressure, but explosions occurred within hours, with India accusing Pakistan of violating the truce and continuing missile and drone attacks.
- Almost 70 people died during the conflict, causing thousands to evacuate frontline villages and stay temporarily with relatives or in shelters away from the border areas.
- Authorities in Indian Kashmir have issued a warning advising residents against returning to their villages due to the presence of unexploded ordinance, while locals such as Kabal Singh and Asha Devi voiced their apprehensions about going back amid the prevailing uncertainty.
- Both Indian and Pakistani authorities advised displaced people to delay returning, reflecting widespread skepticism and reluctance among communities along the tense border.
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Villagers evacuated along India-Pakistan border fear going back | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
JAMMU, India >> After spending days in temporary homes and with relatives, people from both sides of the Indian and Pakistani border are sceptical about this weekend’s ceasefire and in no hurry to return to their villages.
Colorado Springs Gazette
Villagers evacuated from line of fire along India-Pakistan border fear going back
By Aftab Ahmed, Saurabh Sharma and Tariq Maqbool
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humenglish.com'We can't go back': India's border residents fear returning home
'We can't go back': India's border residents fear returning home Estelle.Bronkhorst Wed, 05/14/2025 - 05:00 NEW DELHI - Krishan Lal longs to return home after living in a government shelter for nearly a week, but like many who fled the border in Kashmir, he fears India's ceasefire with Pakistan won’t last.Tens of thousands of people living near India's contested frontier with Pakistan were forced to flee as both countries launched deadly attack…
IIOJK authorities prevent displaced residents from returning homes - Kashmir Media Service
Srinagar: Authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have prevented the displaced residents from the villages close to the Line of Control from returning homes. According to Kashmir Media Service, more than 1.25 lakh residents of villages close to Line of Control in Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara districts left to safer places as their habitations were at a very high risk of cross shelling. Do not return to frontline villages. …
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