Pakistan matches India’s pledge to withdraw troops from border

PAKISTAN said yesterday it would withdraw hundreds of thousands of troops deployed along its border with India to their “peacetime locations”, matching a similar pledge by India.

The moves were the most concrete steps by the two South Asian nuclear rivals to reduce tension since they nearly went to war in May.

“The government of Pakistan has decided to withdraw its forces from the Pakistan-India border to their peacetime locations,” the Foreign Ministry said.