Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:46am on 25 Oct 2025,Saturday India Global
John Kiriakou, former CIA officer with 15 years of service, has advised Pakistan to avoid any conventional military confrontation with India, stating such a war would be catastrophic for Islamabad. He highlighted that the U.S. intelligence community had anticipated heightened tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations following the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, prompting evacuation of American civilians from Islamabad in 2002. Kiriakou also claimed that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal was effectively monitored by the U.S., a point Islamabad denies. His warning underscores the risks of escalation in the already tense India-Pakistan relations. (PC: News18)
