Calm Returns as India Releases Water to Pakistan After Ceasefire

After struggles during the night, it appears to be relatively calm between India and Pakistan. India has opened dam gates and is letting water flow into Pakistan again.

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Calm Returns as India Releases Water to Pakistan After Ceasefire
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After daily clashes between neighbors since Wednesday, the day after Sunday seems to offer a fragile calm, the day after the countries agreed on a ceasefire, according to Reuters.

Fighting continued according to both sides in the Kashmir region, but subsided during the morning, reports AP.

India has released parts of the water flow from the dam, according to the Times of India, referring to an agreement between India and Pakistan.

India closed the gates on May 4, which is said to have cut off 90 percent of the flow in the Chenab river, which flows into Pakistan. Since the gates were opened, the water levels are said to have risen.

With this decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked an agreement between the countries that had been in effect since 1960 and concerns six rivers in the Indus region, according to Time.

India's water will be used for India's interests, Modi said earlier this week, according to NDTV.

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