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Very good evening and welcome to Free Press Journal. With me is senior journalist and co-founder of SatyaHindi, Ashutosh. Thank you for joining us. Ashutosh: Good evening, Afrida. Thank you for having me.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh questions whether Donald Trump coerced India into a ceasefire with Pakistan, citing Trump's claims of brokering the agreement. India firmly rebuts US claims, maintaining that any ceasefire discussions originated from Pakistan's DGMO.
The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan will discuss on Monday the next steps for the nuclear-armed neighbours after a ceasefire returns calm to the border, following their fiercest fighting in nearly three decades.
A ceasefire agreed between India and Pakistan appears to be holding, with both sides stressing their commitment to the surprise truce which halted the worst fighting in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Pakistan's army said on Tuesday 11 armed forces and 40 civilians were killed in a military clash with neighbour India, after a weekend ceasefire agreed between the nuclear-armed rivals and announced by U.