India has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he helped New Delhi and Islamabad reach a ceasefire in exchange for trade concessions

India has firmly dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertions that he prevented a potential “nuclear war” between India and Pakistan during the recent conflict. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that nuclear confrontation was never on the

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

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Tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan soared after a deadly attack on tourists on the Indian-run side of Kashmir in April 2025, but two online videos of the Pakistani army chief visiting the disputed border are old.

As tensions escalated between the two nations last week post Operation Sindoor and Pakistan Army resorted to intensified shelling along the LoC, 12-year-old twins were killed when a mortar shell fired from across the border struck their rented home in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

India and Pakistan on Saturday reached an understanding to stop all military actions on land, in the air and at the sea, in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

In such a scenario, where Pakistan faces an existential threat, or believes that its territory is about to be overrun, it may decide to “go nuclear”—even at the risk of self-destruction. The latest test of this pattern arose in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Indian-Administered Kashmir on April 22.