Iran Pakistan tensions

[Bingoman]

It looks like a new conflict has risen in the world in 2024 this time between Iran and Pakistan after Iran admitted carry out a deadly strike on Pakistani territory on tueday?

So Pakistan retailatied and hit targets on Iranian Territory, looks like mid east/ Asia are having problems?

Iran admits carrying out deadly strike on Pakistan territory

Islamabad says the attack killed two children - it follows Iranian strikes on targets in Syria and Iraq.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pakistan Iran War News Live: Iran summons Pakistan's top diplomat as tensions escalate after retaliatory strike - The Times of India

Targeting Baloch Militants, Pakistan conducted strikes inside Iran on Thursday. This comes just two days after Iran claimed to have attacked another

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into Iran, killing nine people

Nine people are reported to have been killed in the strikes, which come after Iran hit targets in Pakistan.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[bemused]

Feel sorry for the poor people getting bombed. The governments are equally unlikable.

 

[Silas Loom]

I wonder if they have choreographed all this between the two of them so that the Baloch militants don’t quite know which way to turn and are less likely to carry out local reprisals?

 

[JimW]

Article I read said they share a 560 km (or was it miles?) border that is "largely lawless", lots of smuggling as well as these guerilla groups flitting back and forth. Sectarian and separtist tensions aren't a great recipe, never mind the Balochs.

 

[Silas Loom]

never mind the Balochs.

Yes, very good. You win an Empire biscuit.

 

[Bingoman]

I should of add another question in start of the thread but I'll put here instead

Does anyone know what started this?