In a dramatic development, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media on Saturday that after four days of border conflict, India and Pakistan have agreed to a “complete and immediate ceasefire.”
According to the Indian media, the Indian experts say that behind-the-scenes, U.S. mediators, working in coordination with regional powers, played a crucial role through diplomatic backchannels in pulling back the nuclear-armed rivals who were on the brink of war.
However, just hours after the ceasefire agreement, India and Pakistan began accusing each other of violations, making the situation fragile once again. India accused Pakistan of “repeated violations,” while Pakistan emphasized that it was committed to the ceasefire and that its forces were “showing responsibility and restraint.”
Before Trump’s ceasefire announcement, relations between India and Pakistan were heading in a direction that many feared could escalate into a full-scale conflict.
Last month, after a deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 tourists, India launched airstrikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. This was followed by several days of aerial skirmishes and artillery shelling. By Saturday morning, both sides had accused each other of missile attacks on airbases.
The rhetoric escalated rapidly, with both countries claiming to have inflicted heavy damage while repelling each other’s attacks.
Operation Bunyan al Marsoos
It should be noted that during the earlier Operation “Bunyān al Marsoos,” Pakistan inflicted severe damage on India’s key military, logistical, and digital infrastructures through a comprehensive offensive.
According to military sources, during the said operation, the BrahMos missile depot located in Beas was completely destroyed, while the advanced S-400 air defense system in Udhampur was targeted and rendered inoperative.
The airbase at Pathankot also came under heavy attack, making the runway unusable and triggering fires in the logistical headquarters after explosions.
Pakistani forces consistently and accurately targeted the airbase in Jalandhar, severely damaging its core infrastructure. The BrahMos launch site of the Northern Command in Nakrotha was destroyed, which disrupted its operational command.
Pakistani falcons paralyzed the brigade headquarters in Akhnoor, while the headquarters of the Northern Command sustained damage, and over twenty Indian soldiers were killed in a heavy attack on the airbase.
In Chandigarh, the weapons depot was neutralized and the communication system there was also affected. The airbases in Suratgarh and Sirsa were completely destroyed, while command and logistics centers in multiple locations, including Jammu, Baramulla, Nakrotha, and Rajouri, were targeted.
According to military experts, during the operation, Pakistan’s forces successfully neutralized the enemy’s aerial assets in air combat and destroyed over ninety Indian drones.
The scope of the drone-led internal attacks extended across Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, and other sensitive regions.
Key installations were targeted in places like Samba, Uri, Naugam, Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla, and Nakrotha, while drone operations were also conducted in border areas such as Pathankot, Amritsar, Firozpur, Fazilka, Jaisalmer, Bhuj, Pokhran, and Lakhi Nala.
