India and Pakistan agree ceasefire
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New Delhi statement comes after US' Trump says he would work with India, Pakistan to resolve long-simmering Kashmir dispute - Anadolu Ajansı
A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.
India said its long-standing position on Kashmir has been that it is a bilateral issue between New Delhi and Islamabad and there is no change of this stand.
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The US-brokered ceasefire agreement will not go anywhere near addressing the fundamental grievances fueling the decades-long dispute over the status of Muslim-majority Kashmir.
With last-minute U.S. mediation, cooler heads prevailed between India and Pakistan. But a flare-up is inevitable.
The encounter initially began in Kulgam and then shifted to a forest area in Shopian. Security personnel of the Army and paramilitary forces have been fighting the terrorists for about two hours now.
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