Dhaka, May 7 -- US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped clashes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan end "very quickly," after New Delhi's forces launched strikes and Islamabad vowed retaliation. "It's a shame, we just heard about it," Trump said at the White House, after the Indian government said it had hit "terrorist camps" on its western neighbour's territory following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. "I guess people knew something was going to happen based on the past. They've been fighting for many, many decades and centuries, actually, if you really think about it," he added.

India and Pakistan have fought three full-scale wars since gaining independence from the British in 1947. Both clai...