NEW DELHI/TOKYO -- After days of heightened hostilities, India and Pakistan agreed to an "immediate ceasefire" on Saturday, a deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has now claimed was reached between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors after he used trade threats.
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Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force officers at a joint check-post at the Wagah border in 2019. The two countries have fought three wars, multiple war-like battles and a number of skirmishes since 1947, when they gained independence from Britain. © Reuters
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