Kashmiri women comfort each other on May 8 in their home, damaged by cross-border shelling in Salamabad village, near the Line of Control, before a ceasefire agreement was reached to end the deadliest clashes between India and Pakistan in more than 20 years. © AP

India-Pakistan ceasefire relief gives way to doubts over future 'red lines'

Trump role in truce unclear, but economy, trade issues loom over both countries

KIRAN SHARMA, ADNAN AAMIR and YUJI KURONUMA

May 23, 2025 06:00 JST

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD/TOKYO -- After more than three days of high tension, residents of Pakistan and India woke up to relative calm on May 11. Cross-border drone, missile and jet attacks had given way to a ceasefire -- first signaled by none other than U.S. President Donald Trump, claiming credit for the truce.