Indian Thought Latest News & Views
Washington. Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that in February 2019, the two countries were on the verge of a nuclear strike after India targeted terrorist launch pads in Pakistan’s Balakot, but after talking to Pakistan’s ‘de facto leader’ America had avoided a possible nuclear fallout. Instead of speaking to members of the elected government, such as former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan or former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the former US President Donald Trump’s former staff required a phone call from General Qamar Javed Bajwa, then Pakistan’s army chief. understood.
In his new book ‘Never Give An Inch: Fighting for the America I Love’, which came out in the market on January 24, Pompeo said that ‘I reached out to General Bajwa, the de facto leader of Pakistan, with whom I had spoken several times. I informed them about what the Indians had told me. They said that is not true. Pompeo’s claims show that even the US and its administration are aware that Pakistan’s elected governments play only a nominal role, while the real decisions are taken by the military.
Pompeo claimed that Indian officials and their Pakistani counterparts were convinced that both sides were preparing for a nuclear war as Pakistan was upset that India destroyed terrorist strongholds after entering its airspace in February 2019 . News agency Reuters also said in its March 2019 report that in February 2019, India and Pakistan had come very close to firing missiles at each other. India had warned of tough measures against Pakistan if Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was harmed.
MiG-21 Bison pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was captured by Pakistani authorities but was released after India launched diplomatic efforts and warned Pakistan of dire consequences. Pompeo claims in his book that he worked round-the-clock with the then US National Security Advisor John Bolton, the then US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster and other senior officials to ensure that there was no fallout like a nuclear strike. Get out
Mike Pompeo wrote in his book, ‘I don’t think the world knows exactly how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to a nuclear attack in February 2019. The truth is I don’t even know the exact answer, all I know is that it was very close. In response to the martyrdom, in February 2019, the terrorist training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed was destroyed in Balakot, Pakistan. After this the tension in both the countries had reached its peak.
