India and Pakistan exchanged detained soldiers at the Attari-Wagah border, a positive sign following a cease-fire brokered by the United States. The exchange involved one Indian soldier held for three weeks and a Pakistani Ranger held for two weeks, both detained after inadvertently crossing borders before the military conflict.
The exchange comes after a four-day military confrontation, the most significant in decades, sparked by an April terrorist attack in Kashmir that India blamed on Pakistan. India launched retaliatory strikes inside Pakistan, escalating tensions.
A sense of normalcy is returning, with commercial flights resuming and residents returning to damaged homes in Kashmir. The cease-fire's success is a significant development, easing tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors.