The September cease-fire in Kashmir is followed by an agreement signed by India and Pakistan at Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in early January 1966, in which they resolve to try to end the dispute by peaceful means.

The Tashkent Declaration sponsored by the USSSR and signed by Ayub Khan and India's prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri formally ends hostilities and calls for a mutual withdrawal of forces.

Despite the accord, however, the basic dispute over Kashmir remains unsettled.