The understanding between the two countries to stop military action follows weeks of escalating attacks across the countries' borders that were triggered by a gun massacre of tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan,

As tensions ratcheted up over the last week of fighting, Pakistan did not consider deploying nuclear warheads to strike India, the country’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar told CNN on Monday.

Saturday began with the looming specter of full-blown war between India and Pakistan. It ended with an evening ceasefire announcement by President Donald Trump. Here's a look at how events unfolded.