A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

Pakistan’s military on Tuesday revised the death toll from last week’s most intense clash with India in decades, reporting 40 civilian casualties

The ceasefire had been expected to bring a swift end to weeks of escalating clashes triggered by the mass shooting of tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan.

Pakistan will have to get rid of its "terrorist infrastructure" if it wants to be "saved", Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, his first comments on the military clashes with Pakistan since last week's deadly fighting between the two countries.

A tense silence settled over India and Pakistan as millions woke Thursday: no more missiles had been fired, schools in most areas had reopened and both sides appeared to be claiming victory.

Indian and Pakistani officials were scheduled to hold direct talks Monday to build on a U.S.-brokered cease-fire between the nuclear-armed Asian rivals that came into force over the weekend.

India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades

In a historic turn of events that captured the attention of the global community, Pakistan has once again demonstrated its military resolve, strategic brilliance, and unyielding patriotism in the face of unprovoked aggression.