Overview
- Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told Samaa TV that Pakistan cannot exclude the possibility of an all-out conflict with India and said forces are at maximum combat readiness.
- Asif said Pakistan must stay fully alert and asserted that India could directly intervene, warning of potential border incursions.
- He described a two-front challenge spanning the eastern border with India and the western border with Afghanistan, claiming New Delhi leverages Afghan-based actors against Pakistan.
- Pakistani authorities have blamed Afghan nationals for two recent suicide bombings, including an attack outside an Islamabad court that killed 12 people.
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs rejected the accusations as baseless, while Indian Army chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi, referencing May’s Operation Sindoor, said India remains prepared to respond if provoked.