India, May 11 -- India and Pakistan agreed on Saturday to stop all military actions against each other, bringing to an end four days of fierce fighting across the western border, although by late evening, there were enough violations by Pakistan to evoke a strong statement from India.

The four-day scrap represented the worst face-off between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in decades and stoked fears of a full-blown war.

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri announced the ceasefire around 6pm, minutes after US President Donald Trump made the surprise declaration on social media. But he returned at a hurriedly called and brief press briefing at 11pm to confirm that Pakistan repeatedly violated the ceasefire in the evening and that the armed fo...