In Singapore: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, stated on Friday that Pakistan and India are almost done reducing the troop buildup along their border to levels before the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors broke out this month. However, he cautioned that the crisis had raised the possibility of future escalation.
A ceasefire was declared after four days of warfare in which both sides utilized fighter jets, missiles, drones, and artillery—the worst fighting in decades.
The attack that murdered 26 people, mostly tourists, in Indian unlawfully occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on April 22 served as the impetus for the most recent conflict between the old rivals. Pakistan denied that Islamabad was responsible for the attack, but New Delhi did.
