US President Donald Trump offered to help Pakistan and India ease growing tensions and urged both nations to stop attacking each other and work towards peace.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he was willing to step in and assist if needed.
"It's so terrible," Trump said at the White House. "I get along with both, I know both very well, and I want to see them work it out. I want to see them stop.
"They've gone tit-for-tat, so hopefully they can stop now."
Trump's comments came as India launched strikes on Pakistan and AJK early Wednesday morning — an assault that Islamabad called a "blatant act of war" — as tensions spiral between the nuclear-armed rivals after a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) last month.
Islamabad said six Pakistani locations, from mosques to hydropower projects, were targeted.
At least 31 civilians, including children, were martyred and 57 sustained injuries after India launched unprovoked and devious attack on Pakistan last night.
In retaliation, the Pakistan armed forces shot down five Indian Air Force (IAF) jets, seven drones, destroyed a brigade headquarters and a number of checkposts along the Line of Control (LoC).
