US Intelligence Warns India-Pakistan Ties Pose Nuclear Conflict Risk
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US Intelligence Warns: India-Pakistan Nuclear Conflict Risk Persists
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CNBC TV18•19-03-2026, 08:23
US Intelligence Warns: India-Pakistan Nuclear Conflict Risk Persists
•US Intelligence Community's Annual Threat Assessment highlights ongoing risk of nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan.
•Report states that while neither country seeks open conflict, terrorist actors can still trigger crises.
•Past conflicts and incidents like the Pahalgam terrorist attack demonstrate the danger of escalation.
•Pakistan is developing sophisticated missile technology, potentially capable of striking targets beyond South Asia, including ICBMs that could threaten the US.
•Tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban are high, with cross-border clashes and Pakistan's frustration over anti-Pakistan terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
