Thanking India was diplomatically, factually and logically correct, yet, instead of standing its ground, the Iranian embassy in India, soon caved in and deleted the “Thank you, India” post and has since published on separate, narrowed thanks specifically to “the kind people of Kashmir”, in a deliberate extrication of any reference that acknowledges Kashmir as part of India.
Last year, there was a decrease in terrorism worldwide. But there are still unresolved issues in the story of South Asia. The numbers don't lie. The real question is whether Islamabad will finally listen?
While the world leaders have mostly been indifferent to Pakistan’s offensives against Afghanistan, its strike on the drugs rehab centre has invited rare global pushback.
On the night of March 16, Pakistani forces launched a massive attack on Afghanistan, hitting a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, killing over 400 people, the Taliban government has stated.
Pakistan's economy is reeling as the Iran-US conflict disrupts oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. With fuel prices up 20%, the country faces soaring inflation, agricultural distress, and a potential $14 billion hit to its external payments and foreign reserves.