India and Pakistan agreed to what US President Donald Trump described as a “full and immediate ceasefire” on Saturday, following days of escalating conflict. However, within hours, both countries traded allegations of violations.
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India accused Pakistan of “repeated violations” after explosions were heard in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir – the disputed region at the heart of the decades-long rivalry between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Projectiles and flashes were seen in the night sky over Jammu, similar to the events of the previous evening, according to authorities, residents and Reuters witnesses.
“What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar!!!” the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullad, wrote on social media.
India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a press briefing late on Saturday that “for the last few hours, there have been repeated violations of the understanding”.
Misri called it a “breach of the understanding arrived at earlier today”, adding that the Indian armed forces were “giving an adequate and appropriate response to these violations, and we take very, very serious notice of these violations”.
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