What I wrote above is/was the stance of many Pakistani generals and politicians.
Pakistan starting an "SMO" against a foreign country to destroy a non-state actor that's also fighting against that foreign country sounds like an Indian wet dream. If anything, the logical choice is a joint campaign with Iran against BLA, not opening a third hostile front against BLA's enemy.
India already lost favor of Iran due to it's anti-Irani role in the recent conflict against Israel.
Agree on two oints on this, with my 2 cents, namely:
1) Pak-Iran combined ops against BLA insurgents:
But the sectarian, Shia-Suni, element of BLA in Sistan and Balochistan complicates the matter as evident by cross border military strikes by both countries against eachother in early 2024.
2) India-Iran relationship after Israel attack in June might be lacking trust on Iranian side:
But do we have an iota of evidence to prove this notion by means of lesser trade between the two countries? I’m not talking about USA sanctioning Iranian oil exports contributing to lesser trade revenues right now.
Now to my notion of Pakistan playing both USA and China:
Imagine USA getting a minerals deal in riko diq Balochistan and a false flag by USA or Pakistan against Americans in Balochistan. The ground is set for a unilateral strike from Pakistan in Iran on behest of USA driven by Israel lobby. Get support from USA for fight against terror (US recognises BLA as terror organisation). Pakistan to acquire financial and weapons support from China to make CPEC (gawadar, sandic mines) safe.
Now Pakistan, just like India, has the *two front war* threat ready to by exploited.
P.S. wet or not, dreams can come true
