Former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou, who once led counterterrorism operations in Pakistan, has said that Islamabad must “realise there is nothing positive” in engaging in conflict with India, warning that Pakistan would “lose any conventional war” against its neighbour.

In an interview with , Kiriakou — who spent 15 years inside the CIA and was among the first insiders to expose America’s post-9/11 torture program — shared startling recollections from his time in South Asia. Advertisement

“When I was stationed in Pakistan in 2002, I was told unofficially that the Pentagon had control of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal — that President Musharraf had turned control over to the United States,” Kiriakou said. “But in the years since, the Pakistanis have publicly and repeatedly d

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