Will Downing of Tehran Drone Hurt Pakistan-Iran Relations Further?
Pakistan's claim this week that it shot down an Iranian drone that had crossed into its airspace is heating up tensions already on the rise over cross-border skirmishes and diplomatic rifts over alleged militancy, analysts say. "This is an unfortunate situation as it will only increase the mistrust which already exists between Pakistan and Iran," Zubair Iqbal, an analyst at the Washington-based Middle East Institute, told VOA. Both sides of the porous 900-kilometer (560-mile) Pakistan-Iran border have long been rife with drug smugglers, ...
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