India and Pakistan announce cease-fire for first time in nearly 20 years
India and Pakistan announce cease-fire for first time in nearly 20 years Joanna Slater, The Washington Post Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail NEW DELHI - India and Pakistan announced Thursday that their armed forces would cease firing across their shared border, the first such step since 2003 and a potentially significant move toward reducing tensions between the two rivals. Military officials in the two countries released a joint statement saying they had agreed to a cease-fire that went into effect at midnight, including along the unofficial frontier in the disputed Himalayan region of Ka...
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