India was required to get approval from Pakistan to carry out flushing—though this is a normal activity—as the downstream regions are in that country.

Mohammad Iqbal was working the nightshift at a power plant when he got a frantic call from his family saying artillery shells were exploding around their home.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in retaliation, striking terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Both nations exchanged drone attacks and precision-guided missiles in what has been described as the most significant military engagement between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in over five decades.

A ceasefire deal has put a pause on conflict between India and Pakistan. But experts say the two nuclear powers have a lot to work out if the Kashmir region is to move toward long-term peace.

A low-quality image of an Indian fighter jet engulfed in flames after crashing in September 2024 has been falsely claimed online to show an Indian jet downed amid escalated tensions between India and Pakistan in May 2025.

While US mediators, alongside diplomatic backchannels, prevented a bigger conflagration, President Trump's offer has put Delhi in a spot. "Obviously, it would not be welcome by the Indian side. It goes against our stated position for many years," Shyam Saran, a former Indian foreign secretary, tells the BBC.

The neighboring countries exchanged fire for several days after India's missile attack on Pakistan before reaching a ceasefire on Saturday.

Pakistan's army said on Tuesday that more than 50 people were killed in last week's military clashes with India which ended in a ceasefire agreed by the nuclear-armed neighbours, restoring peace to their border.

The offensive occurred amid heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors in the aftermath of an attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir.

SRINAGAR: India and Pakistan accused each other on Thursday (May 15) of failing to control their nuclear weapons, calling on the world to monitor their neighbour's arsenal just days after their