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Pakistani protesters beat an effigy of Indian prime minister during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, March 4, 2019. A key train service with neighboring India resumed and schools in Pakistani Kashmir opened Monday in another sign of easing tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals since a major escalation last week over the disputed Kashmir region. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

The Latest: Pakistan arrests key suspects in Kashmir attack

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Pakistani protesters beat an effigy of Indian prime minister during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, March 4, 2019. A key train service with neighboring India resumed and schools in Pakistani Kashmir opened Monday in another sign of easing tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals since a major escalation last week over the disputed Kashmir region. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan arrests key suspects over attack in Indian Kashmir

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29, 2017, file photo, containers are piled up at a terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai, India. India’s commerce ministry says it will not try to hold onto its preferential zero-tariffs status with the United States after Washington decided to drop it from its Generalized System of Preferences program. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

India resigned to US decision to end zero-tariffs status

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FILE - In this June 29, 2017, file photo, containers are piled up at a terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai, India. India’s commerce ministry says it will not try to hold onto its preferential zero-tariffs status with the United States after Washington decided to drop it from its Generalized System of Preferences program. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

US ends preferential trade deals with India, Turkey

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A passenger looks out from a train on her way to India, after being stranded in Pakistan for a week, at Lahore Railway Station in Pakistan, Monday, March 4, 2019. A Pakistani railways official says a key train service between Pakistan and neighbouring India has been resumed, a sign on easing tensions between the two South Asian nuclear-armed rivals. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan-India train service resumes as border tensions ease

By ZAHEER BABAR and ROSHAN MUGHAAL - Associated Press

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in conversation with U.S. president Donald Trump during a working session of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, July 8, 2017. (Michael Kappeler/Pool Photo via AP)

India preferential trade status ending over tariffs, Trump says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A member of the civil society group, Citizens of Lahore, participates in a candlelit vigil against war, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 3, 2019. Residents near the disputed boundary in divided Kashmir region said Sunday it was quiet overnight, their first lull since a dangerous escalation between Pakistan and India erupted last week bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals close to full-out war. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Analysis: India, Pakistan de-escalate but triggers remain

By KATHY GANNON and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Indians celebrate after the convoy carrying Indian air force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman entered the Indian side of the border in Attari, India, Friday, March 1, 2019. Pakistani officials handed over the captured Indian pilot to a border crossing with India on Friday in a &quot;gesture of peace&quot; promised by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan amid a dramatic escalation with the country's archrival over the disputed region of Kashmir. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

8 killed in India-Pakistan fighting amid high tensions

By ROSHAN MUGHAL and AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by PTV, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman walks to cross the border into India, in Wagah, Pakistan, Friday, March 1, 2019. Pakistani officials have handed an Indian pilot captured from a downed plane over to India at the border crossing at Wagah in a &quot;gesture of peace&quot; promised by Prime Minister Imran Khan amid a dramatic escalation with India this week over the disputed region of Kashmir. The pilot was expected to travel to New Delhi for a debriefing with top Indian officials about the time he spent captive. (PTV via AP)

The Latest: Global Muslim body urges India, Pakistan to talk

Associated Press

Defense officials display a part of an air-to-air AMRAAM missile which was allegedly fired by Pakistani Air Force aircraft violating Indian airspace, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Indian Air Vice Marshal R.G.K. Kapoor said parts of the missiles which are carried only on F-16s were recovered within Indian territory. India said it shot down a Pakistani warplane, something Islamabad denied. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: Pakistan hands over captured pilot to India

Associated Press

Kashmiri children hold placards and shout freedom slogans in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 1, 2019. India has banned Jama'at-e-Islami, a political-religious group in Kashmir, in a sweeping and ongoing crackdown against activists seeking the end of Indian rule in the disputed region amid the most serious confrontation between India and Pakistan in two decades. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

India bans Kashmir religious group amid sweeping crackdown

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

FILE - This image taken from video released by Pakistan's military, shows what they claim to be an Indian pilot who was captured after his plane was shot down by Pakistan's Air Force in the country's part of Kashmir. This week’s standoff between India and Pakistan is their latest in a long dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, dating back to their independence in 1947. (Pakistan military via AP, File)

Rival Pakistan-India standoff latest in long Kashmir dispute

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Pakistani soldier stands guard near the wreckage of an Indian plane shot down by the Pakistan military on Wednesday, in Hurran, near the Line of Control in Pakistani Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan will release the captured Indian fighter pilot as a &quot;peace gesture&quot; toward India. Khan made this announcement on Thursday while addressing lawmakers in both chambers of Parliament, convened to discuss the latest situation amid rising tensions with the nuclear-armed neighbor over the disputed territory of Kashmir. (AP Photo/Abdul Razzaq)

Pakistan brings captured Indian pilot to border for handover

By Zaheer Babar - Associated Press

Pakistani Kashmiris flee the town of Chakoti which is about 3 miles, 5 km, from the Pakistan Indian border, following the intense exchange of fire between Pakistan and India, at the Line of Control in Pakistani Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured two pilots, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in 20 years. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

Pakistan pledges to release captive Indian fighter pilot

By Munir Ahmed and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2000 file photo, Masood Azhar, center, (wearing glasses and white turban), leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad arrives in Islamabad, Pakistan. When a suicide bomber blew himself up on Feb. 14, 2019, killing more than 40 soldiers in India's insurgency wracked Kashmir region, the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad was quick to take responsibility. The Pakistan-based group's attack in Kashmir sent tensions soaring between the two nuclear armed neighbors. (AP Photo/Mian Khursheed, File)

AP Explains: Pakistan-based militant group sparks tensions

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistani police officers block a road to Karachi airport after it was close for civilian operations amid tension along the border with India, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured a pilot, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals. (AP Photo/Muhammad Rizwan)

The Latest: India welcomes decision to release pilot

Associated Press

A Pakistani soldier stands guard in the area where Indian jets strike in Jaba near Balakot, in Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Pakistan said India launched an airstrike on its territory early Tuesday that caused no casualties, while India said it targeted a terrorist training camp in a pre-emptive strike that killed a &quot;very large number&quot; of militants. (AP Photo/Riaz Khan)

The Latest: Pakistan criticizes lack of US rebuke to India

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Supporters of a Pakistani religious group Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba chant slogans at a rally to condemn Indian aggression, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Pakistan's air force shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday and captured one Indian pilot, a military spokesman said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Q&A: What’s at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise?

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistani protesters burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured two pilots, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in 20 years. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Mike Pompeo tries to calm India-Pakistan tensions: ‘Avoid escalation at any cost’

By Ben Wolfgang and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pakistani soldiers patrol in the area where Indian planes launched a pre-dawn airstrike inside Pakistan. Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured two pilots. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

India-Pakistan tensions boiling over

By Ben Wolfgang and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times