India accuses Pakistan of breaking ceasefire deal - as Pakistan claims India violates truce 'in some areas'
Hours after reaching a ceasefire agreement which Donald Trump said the US mediated, multiple explosions were heard in cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir. In a TV appearance on Saturday night, Pakistan's prime minister didn't address the accusations, but did claim "victory".
Saturday 10 May 2025 23:32, UK
India has accused Pakistan of violating a ceasefire agreement, hours after the truce was reached.
India's foreign secretary Vikram Misri said his country's armed forces have been "given instructions to deal strongly with violations along the border" after multiple explosions were heard in at least three cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
He said: "For the last few hours, there have been repeated violations of the understanding we arrived at earlier this evening. This is a breach of the understanding arrived at earlier today."
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Pakistan's foreign ministry said it remains committed to the ceasefire, and accused India of violating the truce "in some areas".
A spokesperson said: "We believe that any issues in smooth implementation of the ceasefire should be addressed through communication at appropriate levels.
"The troops on ground should also exercise restraint."
In an address on Saturday evening, Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif did not directly address the allegations, instead saying Pakistan will "do anything" to defend itself if its independence is challenged.
He also said his country had achieved a "historical victory" and praised Pakistan's army, navy and armed forces.
It comes on the same day both sides agreed to end their most serious military confrontation in decades.
Hours after the agreement was announced, residents in the Indian-controlled cities of Jammu and Srinagar said loud explosions were heard following a blackout.
Omar Abdullah, the region's main elected official, reacted to the blasts in a post on social media, writing: "What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar!!!"
In another post, he said "this is no ceasefire", also sharing a video which he said showed Srinagar's air defences operating. Sky News has not independently verified when this video was taken.
Cross-border shelling and gunfire was also reported from at least five places along the Line of Control, which splits Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
Sky News' India correspondent Neville Lazarus said he had spoken to local journalists in the Indian-administered part of the contested territory who have reported hearing blasts. He said if the reports are true, "India will retaliate".
Among the places mentioned in the reports was Udhampur, which Lazarus said is important as it's the northern command centre of the Indian military.
Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch, reporting from Lahore in Pakistan, said the situation remains fragile. She said the next 24 hours should provide "a better sense of exactly what diplomacy and what steps led to the moment we're in".
When asked if the reports signal a breakdown of the ceasefire, Mohammad Faisal, Pakistan's high commissioner to the UK, told Sky News's Jonathan Samuels, that he hoped not.
He said he predicted the explosions were only skirmishes along the Line of Control, where he said "ceasefire violations happen all the time".
"The Line of Control is a very loose border, and there are ceasefire violations happening all the time, it might be there, I would hope it is an aberration and that the ceasefire holds," Mr Faisal said.
"As long as it is on the Line of Control, in my experience, it is generally manageable. The Line of Control heats up and then cools down.
"Anything across the international border, which Indians have tried to do in the last three days to us - that has serious implications. I am hopeful the ceasefire holds."
Trump played 'pivotal and paramount' role
The ceasefire deal had been expected to bring a swift end to weeks of escalating clashes, triggered by a deadly shooting last month that India blames on Pakistan, an accusation Islamabad denies.
The deal was announced by Donald Trump on his social media platform Truth Social. He wrote: "Congratulations to both countries on using common sense and great intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Trump wasn't slow to claim credit, but his fingerprints are less visible in ceasefire deal
On the face of it, this is a political win for Donald Trump. 聽
He wasn't slow to claim credit for the US role in the cessation of hostilities, a peace brokered by a president who would style himself peacemaker and dealmaker in chief.聽
In a breathless post on Truth Social overnight, he posted of "a long night of talks mediated by the United States". 聽
There's no doubt the US will have had a key involvement and, indeed, we were told that secretary of state Marco Rubio was in regular contact with both sides.聽
Trump's fingerprints are less visible. 聽It was a conflict that barely seemed to turn his head earlier in the week. 聽
As hostilities ramped up between India and Pakistan, Trump's early response to questions had been: "It's a shame鈥� I just hope it ends quickly."
He gave a good impression of a president with more pressing matters on his plate.聽
The US was, by no means, the only country involved in the effort to stop hostilities, and the motivations are multiple behind it - not least the imperative felt by the warring counties themselves to reach a peace.聽
What the Americans added was diplomatic muscle with dollar signs.
To look at the drop-down menu on US relations with both countries is to see American influence built on hard cash.
We are living through the age of ongoing Trump trade deal negotiations, and that will have amplified US entreaties for calm.
Add in the fact that Pakistan has been asking the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1bn loan to help stabilise its struggling economy.
There is no bigger voice at the IMF than the US. For the transactional president, there was transaction at the heart of this.
Prime minister Sharif said later in the day that Mr Trump had played a "very pivotal and paramount role in the ceasefire". He went on to thank various countries including Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia for their help in securing the agreement.
Days of heightened tensions
In the days before the agreement, India and Pakistan traded drone and missile strikes, with both sides reporting civilian casualties.
Pakistan fired high-speed missiles at "multiple targets" across India early on Saturday morning, after accusing Delhi of targeting three airbases inside Pakistan.
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India retaliated by launching airstrikes on its neighbour's military bases, in what it called a "measured" response.
In all, dozens of civilians are reported to have been killed on both sides.