Pakistan’s role in the Israel-Iran war

On June 22, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had conducted military strikes against three Iranian nuclear installations. This is a momentous event, the outcome of which could change the shape of West Asia for decades to come.

Previous western interventions in Iraq (1992 and 2002), and in Libya (2011), saw quick military outcomes, but long term destabilisation of the countries.

Mr. Trump warned of ‘far greater’ attacks in the future if Iran does not ‘make peace’. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has said that “Iran reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interests and people”. Will this then be a long drawn-out war? How will it impact the situation in the sub-continent, as the U.S. strike was preceded by Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Munir’s meeting with President Trump. The general, who got himself promoted to Field Marshal only recently, arrived in Washington soon after Israel began its attack on June 13.