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.

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

L AST WEEK, in the midst of the India-Pakistan crisis, J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, noted: “We’re not going to get involved in the middle of [a] war that’s fundamentally none of our business.

By Aftab Ahmed, Shivam Patel and Saurabh Sharma JAMMU, India/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan spoke by phone on Monday, the Indian army said, as New Delhi reopened airports and shares rose in both countries following a ceasefire that paused days of intense fighting last week.

Twenty-four hours before President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire had been reached between India and Pakistan, the White House worked to de-escalate the situation.