Fears of an all-out conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have abated with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, but the wounds of decades of strife are deep.

The neighboring countries exchanged fire for several days after India's missile attack on Pakistan before reaching a ceasefire on Saturday.

With the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty in response to the Pahalgam attack, large dams in Jammu and Kashmir give India ability to use water supplies as a leverage