ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Indian military officials in a rare move have agreed to avoid artillery exchanges in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, where several soldiers and civilians have died this month.
The Pakistani military says in a statement late Tuesday the understanding was reached between the sides during a special hotline contact involving the director generals of military operations. It says both sides “agreed to undertake sincere measures to improve the existing situation, ensuring peace and avoidance of hardships to the civilians along the borders.”
It says both sides agreed to fully implement the 2003 cease-fire agreement “in letter and spirit forthwith and to ensure that henceforth the cease-fire will not be violated by both sides.”
Kashmir is split between Pakistan and India and both claim it in its entirety.
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Pakistan, India agree to stop exchanging fire in Kashmir
Pakistan, India agree to stop exchanging fire in Kashmir
Philippines says no evidence of ‘terrorist training’ after Bondi gunmen’s visit
MANILA: The Philippines said Wednesday there was no evidence that the country was being used for terrorist training, a day after it was revealed the men behind Australia’s Bondi Beach mass shooting had spent November on a southern island known for Islamist insurgencies.
“No evidence has been presented to support claims that the country was used for terrorist training,” presidential spokeswoman Claire Castro said, reading from a National Security Council statement.
“There is no validated report or confirmation that individuals involved in the Bondi Beach incident received any form of training in the Philippines,” she said.
“No evidence has been presented to support claims that the country was used for terrorist training,” presidential spokeswoman Claire Castro said, reading from a National Security Council statement.
“There is no validated report or confirmation that individuals involved in the Bondi Beach incident received any form of training in the Philippines,” she said.
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