Srinagar, May 10 -- The ceasefire agreement follows the deadliest military confrontation between the two nations in decades. The fighting, which eruptedweeksafter aterrorist attack inBaisaran meadow of the popular South Kashmir resort of Pahalgamon April 22 killed 26 tourists - quickly spiraled into missile strikes, drone assaults, and deadly artillery exchanges.

India blamed the attack onterrorists based inPakistan, an accusation Islamabad denied, calling for an impartial investigation. In retaliation, Indian forces launched targeted airstrikes on what it described as militant infrastructure inside Pakistani territory, prompting Pakistan to respond with its own major military operation - dubbed Operation Bunyanul Marsoos- targeting Indi...