The view from India newsletter Taking stock of the India-Pakistan clashes

After four days of aerial combat, India and Pakistan reached an “understanding” on Saturday (May 10) to stop firing and other military activities.

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According to Director-General Military Operations (DGMO) Lt.-Gen. Rajiv Ghai, he received a message from Pakistan's DGMO Maj. Gen. Kashif Abdullah at 3.35 pm on Saturday on the hotline. “Since our initial aim was to strike terror camps and all our actions in the subsequent days were in response to the intrusions and violations by the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Army, it was decided that I would indeed speak with the Pakistani DGMO,” said Lt. Gen. Ghai. The understanding to stop firing was agreed in the subsequent DGMO level talks.

morning, India had carried out massive retaliatory strikes in Pakistan, targeting several military bases, including the high-profile Nur Khan base in Rawalpindi. “India has fired air-to-surface missiles with its jets," Pakistani military spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry told reporters on Saturday morning. In response, Pakistan launched Operation ‘Bunyanun Marsoos’. Pakistan carried out strikes using drones, missiles and unmanned combat aerial vehicles targeting civilian and military locations across the western border. India’s air defences shot down most of the incoming threats while Indian armed forces also launched counter-strikes on military installations in Pakistan, said military officers.