New Delhi, India - Mukeet Shah hasn't slept for a few days and is destined to scroll on his phone as he is still obsessed with news updates about the India-Pakistan conflict.

The situation was made worse by his mother, Tanveera Bano. "Please go home (home). Why separate when we can at least die together?" She urged her young son to study at a university in the national capital New Delhi.

Shah, 23, said her appeal broke him. About an hour later, another news flash popped up on his phone: "U.S. President Donald Trump said India and Pakistan have agreed to a 'full and immediate' ceasefire." Moments later, South Asian rivals confirmed the ceasefire, which was conducted by dozens of countries outside the United States.

Shaa recalled: "It was such a relief." Fortunately, he called home. "Both countries agree to peace. We will spend more time soon, don't be afraid, mom," he told Bano, 48, who asked him to focus on his studies and go home only after the annual exam.

However, just three hours after the phone call, the relief was blown away. Drones hit Srinagar, the main city in India-managed Kashmir, forcing another power outage. Similar reports of shooting and drone sightings came from other cities in the region, including Jamu, Anatnag and the border areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat.

On the Pakistan side, several villages along the Line of Control (LOC) (actually the split border of Kashmir) reported that Indian troops allegedly violated the ceasefire. As Pakistan and India deny each other’s allegations and reiterate their commitment to a ceasefire, questions were raised about whether a vulnerable agreement between nuclear-powered neighbors would be reached.

Barno called her son again and cried.

Shaa told Al Jazeera on Saturday night: “I could hear the explosion behind her during her intermittent pause.

Eighteen days after the gunmen killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam, an Indian-managed Kashmir resort, Pahalgam, had nearly 1.6 billion people on both sides of the border for fear of another Indian-Pakistan war against Kashmir, Kashmir, a Muslim-Muslim-Mangalian Himalayas region, both countries claim that both countries occupy their rule.

In 1989, an armed insurgency against the rule of New Delhi broke out on the Indian side. Since then, in the conflict, thousands, most of them civilians have been killed. New Delhi accused Islamabad of supporting the rebellion, but Pakistan denied the allegations and claimed diplomatic support only for the Kashmiris’ struggle for an independent state or a possible merger with Pakistan.

"The Kashmiris are trapped in the middle"

Srinagar resident Abbas asked only to identify his Al Jazeera by his last name, and the loud explosion his family heard on Saturday night was frightening.

"Every explosion is everywhere, making us feel scared and confused. As Kashmiris, I have had tough times before, but this (current conflict) feels different," he said.

Abbas said he kept crying in the explosion at night.

"It feels like a psychological war. Our fear comes not only from the explosion; it is due to uncertainty and lack of transparency," he said. "The Kashmiris are trapped in the middle again, without shelter, without escape."

However, Saturday night’s ceasefire announcement has encountered joy in several border areas on the Indian side, especially with thousands of displaced residents since cross-border tensions earlier this month.

Deepak Singh, a 40-year-old resident of Poonch, is one of the most affected border areas in India-managed Kashmir, said in a brief telephone interview that his family of four is looking forward to leaving their shelter and returning home.

"We already know the life disturbed by the border conflict, but I hope to be back home soon," Singh told Al Jazeera.

But this was before the explosion was reported in Srinagar. When both sides accused each other of breach of a truce, Singh said he was frustrated.

"No more," he said later. "How long should we sleep in this shelter? Will this ceasefire last?"

The Pradyot Verma has a similar feeling over 1,000 kilometers (620 miles).

Verma, a resident of Jodhpur, a border town in Rajasthan in western India, said their joy and relief were short-lived as they witnessed another round of power outages and alarm alarms on Saturday night, putting residents in an anxious environment.

"Here, the ceasefire announcement is cheering here," the 26-year-old law student said while sitting in his rented room. "The Indian defense system has been intercepting (Pakistan-Ore Missiles), and we hope they continue to do so."

"Back from the brink of war"

After four days of military escalation, during which Indian and Pakistani forces attacked each other’s military devices, they agreed to a ceasefire, which Trump said was achieved after a “long night of talks” mediated by the United States and other countries. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the two countries also agreed to "start negotiations on a wide range of issues in neutral locations."

However, geopolitical and military experts believe that the ceasefire is fragile and does not promise too much.

"The Indian government has shown refuting Rubio's assertion that India and Pakistan agree to start negotiations on a wide range of issues in neutral locations," political scientist Sumantra Bose told AL Jazeera. "This is something the Modi government (Prime Minister Narendra) cannot do because it is committed to unilaterally against Kashmir and refusal to diplomatic engagement with Pakistan."

Boss said the ceasefire was just "an attack on a large number of bleeding wounds, threatening that it could turn into gangrene wounds if not fatal."

While foreign government intervention may have stopped, “the problem is that all other parameters and vectors of India-Pakistan relations, the Kashmir conflict remains the same as before.”

However, South Asian political expert Michael Kugelman stressed that the subcontinent is "backed from the brink of war."

"Even with some violations, this ceasefire can end the biggest regional security threat in decades," he told Al Jazeera.

"It will be a very difficult ceasefire. At the moment when tensions in India-Pakistan soar, it quickly put together (and) it is also an Indian ceasefire, which seems to be explained by India," Kugman added, referring to India's historical position in Kashmir, which is a unified approval for any unanimous internationalization, which is a consistent rejection of international issues.

But for those living on the tense borders between South Asian competitors, cautious optimism is their only pursuit.

"We make this ceasefire very precious to us," said a Kashmir political analyst, who asked to remain anonymous, fearing revenge by the Indian authorities.

"Whether it's anyone's war, India or Pakistan, people on the border, Kashmiris and Punjab have been killed for generations. I hope this madness can stop here."