Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 25: Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has stated that Pakistan would lose any conventional war with India, recalling that the US intelligence community anticipated a potential conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations after the 2001 Parliament attacks.

Speaking to news agency ANI, Kiriakou, who served in the CIA for 15 years and led counterterrorism operations in Pakistan, said Islamabad needs to understand that it stands to gain “nothing, literally nothing” from a war with India. “I’m not talking about nuclear weapons. I’m talking just about a conventional war. There is no benefit to constantly provoking Indians,” he added.

He cited India’s decisive responses over the years, including surgical strikes in 2016, Balakot strikes in

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