SIMON: Remind us, Elizabeth, please, what started the fighting? And how did they find a way to declare this ceasefire? THRELKELD: Yeah. So that's actually a really interesting question ...

SIMON: How did the ceasefire come about? HADID: You know, it's so interesting, Scott, because for days analysts were saying that the Americans were not being serious. The secretary of state ...

India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the... Trump says the U.S. helped broker ceasefire between ...

DOMENICO MONTANARO, BYLINE: Hey, Scott. SIMON: Traditionally ... but Trump said in his social media post that the ceasefire announced came after a long night of talks mediated by the U.S. He ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

She covers South Asia and joins us from Mumbai. DIAA HADID, BYLINE: Hi, Scott. DETROW: So there's a ceasefire for now between Pakistan and India? HADID: Well, just hours after it was announced by ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.