Multiple explosions heard in India-controlled Kashmir hours after ceasefire deal

A Kashmiri villager examines damage to his house caused by overnight Indian shelling, in Shah Kot, a district of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (M.D. Mughal/AP)

Multiple explosions were heard in two cities in India-controlled Kashmir hours after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire deal, following the US-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.

Residents said the loud explosions in Srinagar and Jammu were followed by a blackout.