This Week in Explainers: How India-Pakistan reached the brink of war and then paused

It has been an intense week in the Indian subcontinent. In a 100-hour battle between India and Pakistan, drones and missiles were fired, and air bases were attacked. Now the two sides have agreed to a ceasefire, but it seems shaky. In our weekly wrap, we tell you what unfolded over the last four days read more A man reads news on his mobile phone after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10. The two sides have agreed to a ‘conditional’ truce after four days of escalation. Reuters Operation Sindoor. Those are the two words Indians…