Pakistan reopens its airspace to all commercial flights in a sign of lowering of tensions with rival India
The crisis between the countries was first sparked by a suicide bombing in India-administered Kashmir in February that killed 40 Indian troops and was later claimed by the Pakistan-based and proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad.
Days later India ordered air strikes on what he described as a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan's northern Balakot area. The move backfired as the fighter jets missed the intended target, ratcheting up tensions in the region. In turn, Pakistan launched air strikes in India-administered Kashmir the next day, shooting down two Indian planes in an aerial dogfight, and capturing Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. India says only one of its jets was downed, however.Pakistani and Indian soldiers have continued to fire over the Line of Control, the de facto border dividing Kashmir, killing several civilians on both sides.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir's mostly Muslim population and most people support the rebels' cause against Indian rule. Nearly 100,000 people have been killed in the uprising and the ensuing Indian military crackdown since 1989.
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