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Last week, India and Pakistan saw the worst fighting in half a century — and came close to an all-out war. But the conflict came to an uneasy and sudden halt after Donald Trump declared the two countries reached a ceasefire.
On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks to Bloomberg’s Dan Strumpf about how the deadly clashes and ceasefire unfolded and the implications of US mediation in the decades-old conflict.
Read more: Trump Truce Leaves India Furious, Pakistan Elated as Risks Loom
Further listening: The Rise of Modi, Part 1: Why India’s Leader Is So Popular – and Polarizing
The Rise of Modi, Part 2: How India’s Leader Came Back From the Brink
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