India, Pakistan Signal Intent to Ease Tensions After Strikes
Indian paramilitary soldiers with sniffer dog patrol at a marketplace in Srinagar on May 10.
Photographer: Basit Zargar/AFP/Getty ImagesIndia and Pakistan signaled they are willing to de-escalate after strikes on military bases by both sides on Saturday raised fears of all-out war between the nuclear-armed nations and prompted warnings from the US and China.
“If India stops, we will stop,” Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said in an interview with Samaa TV, just hours after the army announced it had struck several Indian military sites in retaliation for New Delhi’s missile attacks on Pakistani airbases.