Attari: A key train service between India and neighbouring Pakistan reopened on Monday in another sign of easing tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals since a major escalation last week over the disputed Kashmir region.
The train operation known as the Samjhauta Express, left Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore for India's border town of Attari, with more than 170 passengers on board.
Pakistan suspended the train service last week as tensions escalated following India's airstrike on Tuesday inside Pakistan.
India said it targeted militants behind a February 14 suicide bombing in Kashmir that killed 40 Indian troops.
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Pakistan retaliated, shooting down a fighter jet the next day and detaining its pilot, who was returned to India two days later.
Also Monday, schools in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir opened after seven days of closure amid the heightened tensions.
The reopening of schools and the resumption of the train service amid the lull in the crossfire for the second consecutive day suggests that the two nuclear-armed rivals have heeded international calls to exercise restraint.
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947.
Both countries claim the territory in its entirety and have fought two of their three wars over it.
The rivals struck a cease-fire deal in 2003 but regularly trade cross-border fire.
