US President Donald Trump has called for India and Pakistan to halt their fighting immediately, and offered to help end the worst violence between the nuclear-armed countries in two decades, AFP reports.

“It’s so terrible,” Trump said at the White House. “I get along with both, I know both very well, and I want to see them work it out. I want to see them stop.

“They’ve gone tit-for-tat, so hopefully they can stop now.

“We get along with both countries very well, good relationships with both, and I want to see it stop,” Trump said in the Oval Office.

“And if I can do anything to help, I will be there.”

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