India-Pakistan truce takes hold in Kashmir
- Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 10.45
- Online news: World
A ceasefire took hold Thursday in disputed Kashmir after the Indian and Pakistani armies agreed to halt deadly cross-border firing that had threatened to unravel a fragile peace process.
Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol along the border fence with Pakistan at Suchet Garh in Ranbir Singh Pura, about 36 km from Jammu, on January 16, 2013. A ceasefire has taken hold in disputed Kashmir after the Indian and Pakistani armies agreed to halt deadly cross-border firing that had threatened to unravel a fragile peace process.
As the foreign minister of Pakistan appealed for talks with her Indian counterpart to defuse tensions, senior officers reported that calm had returned to the region after violence in which five soldiers were killed.
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