Iran vs Pakistan: Could the tensions escalate into a full-blown conflict?

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Iran-Pakistan ties have taken a major hit in the last two days after Iranian missiles and drones targeted two alleged bases of Jaish al-Adl, an anti-Iran Baloch militant group in Pakistan. Islamabad retaliated on Thursday. These strikes, which killed at least 11 people, represent a significant escalation in the neighbours’ tense relations. Long-running, low-level insurgencies on either side of the border have frustrated both countries, and the apparent targets of the strikes — Iran’s on Tuesday and Pakistan’s response on Thursday — were insurgent groups seeking independence for ethnic Baloch areas in Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The question is why...