Making of an insecure Asia

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On January 16, through a combination of missile and drone strikes, Iran claimed to have destroyed bases of the Jaish-al-Adl (JAA) terror group in border areas of Kooh Sabz in Balochistan, Pakistan. The Iranian Foreign Minister clarified that the strikes did not target Pakistan or its nationals, only fighters who had been mounting serious attacks inside Iran. He cited a deadly attack on a police station in Rask in the neighbouring province of Sistan-Baluchistan by JAA on December 15, which resulted in over 18 casualties. The next day, while Pakistan was mounting diplomatic retaliations, JAA again claimed the assassination of...