President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday welcomed the efforts aimed at easing tension and promoting regional peace, warning that any military escalation involving Iran could destabilise the Gulf region, South Asia and Western Asia. “Any instability involving Iran, or any attempt to resolve issues through military means, carries grave risks. Such actions could …, undermine […]
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Escalation on the Durand Line
The tension that was brewing between Islamabad and Kabul over the cross border terrorist attacks on Pakistan by TTP from its sanctuaries located close to the Duran Line, flared up into serious clashes. Pakistan carried on airstrikes on the residential quarters of Noor Wali Mahsud the leader of TTP. Afghanistan retaliated by launching ground attacks […]
One-sided escalation
Reports in the international press about the latest Washington-Tehran spat are highly disconcerting. According to the Wall Street Journal, the US will soon designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Corps (IRGC) a “terrorist organisation”, however no official confirmation has come in from Washington as yet regarding such a change in US policy. This would be the first […]