India, May 13 -- India on Tuesday pushed back against US President Donald Trump's offer to mediate on Kashmir and his claim that he used trade to prevent a "nuclear war" between India and Pakistan, with the external affairs ministry saying the military action under Operation Sindoor was "entirely in the conventional domain".

India attacked terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Pakistan on May 7 under Operation Sindoor in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, triggering four days of intense strikes and counter-strikes by the two sides using drones, missiles and other long-range weapons that raised fears of an all-out war.

Trump was the first to announce on May 10 that the two sides reached an understanding to halt m...