US EditionIndian teams defuse bombs in Kashmir border areas
- On Monday, expert teams defused unexploded bombs in Indian Kashmir border areas, allowing displaced villagers to return home after a ceasefire.
- The ceasefire followed a week of intense missile, drone, and artillery attacks between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, sparked by an April 22 attack killing 26 civilians.
- The conflict forced tens of thousands of people to flee from the portion of the Himalayan region administered by India, in the long-disputed Muslim-majority territory contested by India and Pakistan since 1947.
- Senior police officer Gurinderpal Singh emphasized that each unexploded ordinance is different and requires careful handling, cautioning the public against touching any suspicious items.
- The clearance of six villages declared safe in Uri allowed residents like Basharat Hussain to start returning cautiously to salvage belongings amid the worst conflict since 1999.
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Bradford Kashmiris on India-Pakistan conflict
The events in Kashmir have ramifications here in the UK, not least in Bradford, where more than a quarter of people identify as Pakistani. The majority of them trace their roots back to the Mirpur district of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Andrew Misra has been to West Yorkshire to hear people’s reflections on the tensions of recent days.
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India and Pakistan ceasefire shaken by overnight border fighting in disputed Kashmir region – National
A ceasefire to end the conflict between India and Pakistan was shaken by overnight border fighting in the disputed Kashmir region. People on both sides of the Line of Control, which divides the territory, reported heavy exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops. The fighting subsided by Sunday morning. The two countries agreed to a truce a day earlier after talks to defuse the most serious military confrontation between them in decad…
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