![This image taken from video released by Pakistan's military shows what they claim to be an Indian pilot who was captured after his plane was shot down by Pakistan's Air Force in the country's part of Kashmir. [Photo: Pakistan military via AP]](http://img2.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20190301/6cbcbfba-86d1-46ee-8387-383c762fcea2.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
Pakistan is preparing to hand over a captured Indian pilot as shelling continued for a third night across the disputed Kashmir border even as the two nuclear-armed neighbors seek to defuse the most serious confrontation in two decades.
Tens of thousands of Indian and Pakistani soldiers face off against each other along the disputed Himalayan border known as the Line of Control in one of the world most volatile regions.
Tensions have been running high since Indian aircraft crossed into Pakistan on Tuesday. Pakistan retaliated, shooting down two Indian aircraft and capturing a pilot.
