Iran-Pakistan Airstrikes & Implications on Bilateral Relations

The clashes shared between Pakistan and Iran in January put the world on high alert. All together, almost a dozen people were killed — a lot of them children. While both Tehran and Islamabad appear to have targeted anti-state separatist camps operating in each other’s territories, the exchange of blows is alarming. With the Israel-Palestine conflict raging on, South Asia appears to now be bearing the brunt of the Middle East’s fallout. Anti-state separatist armed groups and other militant outfits operating on precepts of nationalism and Islamic ideology have enlarged their mobilization in the large region of South, West and Central Asia. Geopolitical barriers appear to be preventing stable relations between Iran and Pakistan, largely due to a shared attempt for regional competitiveness as well as hegemonic demands from global powers.

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