Pakistan says it doesn’t want to escalate standoff with Iran

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Open this photo in gallery: A man watches a news report after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Jan. 18.FAYAZ AZIZ/Reuters Pakistan said on Friday it did not want to escalate a standoff with Iran, as Islamabad’s top civilian and military leadership gathered to review the situation after both countries exchanged strikes on militant bases on each other’s territory. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has begun a meeting of the high-powered National Security Committee, with all the military services chiefs in attendance, a source in the...