India, Pak agree to continue reducing alert levels days after fighting pause

India and Pakistan have agreed to extend the pause on all cross-border military actions as decided by both countries on May 10.

Amid ongoing tensions, the Director General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both countries have decided to continue “confidence-building measures”. “Further to the understanding between the two DGMOs on 10th of May 2025, it has been decided to continue the confidence-building measures so as to reduce the alertness level,” officials said on Thursday.

According to an AFP report, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in the parliament that the military has agreed to extend the ceasefire until May 18. India launched Operation Sindoor on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after midnight on May 7, in response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack.

Tensions between the countries intensified a day later, after Pakistan launched a drone and missile attack on military bases near the border, which India thwarted.

After three days of intense military hostilities, both countries agreed to a cessation of firing from both sides on May 10 after the DGMO of Pakistan Major General Kashif Abdullah called his Indian counterpart Leutinant General Rajiv Ghai and asked for stopping all forms of cross-border firing.

However, Pakistan violated the understanding hours later as reports of heavy shelling and firing surfaced from the border villages.