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India accused Pakistan of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement Saturday and said it was retaliating, hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the nuclear-armed neighbours had stepped back from the brink of full-blown war.

Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri said ‘there had been repeated violations of the understanding arrived between the two countries’.

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri announced this evening that both India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire. 

Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of deadly jet fighter, missile, drone and artillery attacks, the news surprisingly announced by US President Donald Trump, who congratulated them on using "common sense".

Truce agreed after US mediation but both sides accuse each other of violations only hours later

US President Donald Trump first announced the ceasefire in a post on social media.

Donald Trump had announced agreement after intense US-led talks

The Foreign Secretary and his counterparts have urged both countries to show ‘maximum restraint’.

Pakistan and India fired missiles at each other’s airbases in the latest escalation between the neighbours.