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India-Pakistan
Pakistan decides to end the crisis with Iran and restore full diplomatic relation, as does Iran
2024-01-20
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
More completely, from the Times of Israel:
Pakistan, Iran agree to ‘de-escalate’ after trading air strikes

Foreign ministers speak in bid to calm waters following cross-border attacks on militants

Pakistain and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
"agreed to de-escalate" tensions Friday, Islamabad said, after trading deadly Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on murderous Moslem targets in each other’s territory this week.

The rare military actions in the mostly non-existent border region of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
— split between the two nations — had stoked regional tensions already enflamed by the Israel-Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
war.

Iran carried out a missile and drone attack on what it called "terrorist" targets in Pakistain on Tuesday night, with Pakistain in turn striking murderous Moslem targets inside Iran on Thursday.

Pakistain recalled its ambassador from Tehran and said Iran’s envoy — on a visit home — was blocked from returning to Islamabad.

The United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
and the United States appealed for restraint, while China offered to mediate.

But after speaking by phone, Pakistain’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian agreed "close coordination on counterterrorism and other aspects of mutual concern should be strengthened."

"They also agreed to de-escalate the situation," according to a summary of the conversation released by Islamabad’s foreign ministry.

After the call, Amir-Abdollahian said in a statement, "The cooperation of the two countries to neutralize and destroy terrorist camps in Pakistain is essential."

The muted rhetoric matched analysts’ predictions that both sides would seek to defuse the confrontation.

"The upshot of the new situation is that the two countries are seemingly and symbolically even," said Antoine Levesques, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Yellow Wolf clutched at his chest and fell from his horse...
on Friday, Pak Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar held an emergency security meeting with military and intelligence chiefs.

Kakar cut short his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
following the strikes.

His caretaker government is leading Pakistain into general elections in three weeks, which have been marred by allegations of pre-poll rigging.

Tehran and Islamabad have both said they hit their own domestic murderous Moslems sheltering on foreign territory.

A collective corpse count of 11 — mostly women and kiddies — was reported from both sides of the border that bisects an arid region wherey murderous Moslem movements have simmered for decades.
And just like that, none of it ever happened. Except for the deaders who died, I mean.
Posted by:Fred

#2  I sense a strong hand behind the scenes. Russia? China?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-01-20 10:29  

#1  I think it is adorable - from sworn enemies to BFFs. It's like a Hallmark movie but with polio and man-jammies. A touch of nuke war would have been nice for us apocalypse fans, but maybe next season...
Posted by: SteveS   2024-01-20 10:20  

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