President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States is ready to help India and Pakistan in the wake of a ceasefire agreement that he says his administration helped broker.

Donald Trump announced that, thanks to U.S. mediation, a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan was avoided. The U.S. President emphasized that threats to halt trade with both countries played a key role.

The three stories from the Bulletin's archives provide some historical context for a long-simmering conflict that has once again turned hot—and once again poses the possibility of nuclear war that could affect not just South Asia,