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For India and the world, 2025 was a year marked by conflict. In May, India launched air strikes on militant infrastructure inside Pakistan, in retaliation for the Pahalgam terrorist attack, triggering a four-day aerial confrontation between the two South Asian neighbours. On May 10, the two sides agreed to a ceasefire, which U.S. President Donald Trump claimed he had helped mediate.
