Americans might not fully appreciate the scale of the crisis averted between India and Pakistan. But, following a terrorist attack in Kashmir by Islamist militants based in Pakistan that killed 26 Indian tourists, the Indian government launched a series of airstrikes against its neighbor, sparking four days of heavy shelling and drone attacks between the two nuclear powers.

On Saturday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spearheaded U.S. diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire between the hostile nations. Initially, the Trump administration signaled a lack of interest in intervening, with Vice President JD Vance telling Fox News on Thursday that the fighting was “none of our business and beyond America’s control.”