Pakistan will shortly release an Indian pilot it captured the day before, calling it a "peace gesture" after the country and India engaged in their first airstrikes against each other in nearly 50 years. The pilot's release will take place on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, and the move is likely to de-escalate the current hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. AP The pilot's release will take place on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, and the move is likely to de-escalate the current hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The United States and other countries called upon India and Pakistan to cease military action after two days of tit-for-tat airstrikes where both claimed to have shot down the other's fighter jets and Pakistan captured an Indian pilot. ABDUL RAZZAQ/AP A Pakistani soldier stands guard near the wreckage of an Indian plane shot down by the Pakistan military.

Source: Stuff February 28, 2019 18:00 UTC