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And we never said Pakistan is complicit, did we? By we, I mean senior officials. All we have said is that Pakistan should do more on its side of the border.1) Pakistan has nothing to gain by being complicit in such attacks, in fact it hurts them
2) Pakistan has lost more people (by far) due to these terrorist elements, due to a lack of control over the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region
We are aware, and we are sorry for that. No one is happy seeing what Pakistanis go through (except their true enemies), but still, these are two separate matters. If Pakistan thinks it's busy with its own terrorists, don't you think it's logical if they give us permission to do some cross-border operations? It will actually help both countries. Just sitting behind a fence waiting for terrorists to strike you at any time will not work.
And if Pakistan can't help you for various reasons, it's more logical if you ask Pakistan to solve it yourself right?3) Because we can't do anything about it (outside our borders) without getting help from Pakistan
All roads point to the necessity of strengthening ties with Pakistan further, and expressing concerns through backdoor channels to avoid public embarrassment and drama. I'll tentatively say that this approach seems to be working.
We are all for empowering ties with Pakistan, almost all senior officials have said that before. It's good for both countries. But still, it can be a separate issue than targeting terrorists.
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@Chinese-Dragon I have an honest question from you and would like an honest answer and I'm sure you will give it.
How do you explain that almost all Pakistanis cheer for Turkey or support it when it targets PKK in northern Iraq or Syria with airforce, rockets, artillery, etc, but they all go crazy if Iran fires a few mortars at terrorist locations inside Pakistan, suddenly remembering what sovereignty is and how valuable and sacred it is? Isn't it a bit of hypocrisy?
Yes and after these complains, Iranians were given clear permission to do what you like with these terrorist on Pakistan side of the border as our hands are busy with India and Afghanistan on Pak/afghan border and India/ Pakistan border not to mention India using Iranian soil to launch terrorist attacks against Pakistan. Then the Iranian MP launching verbal attacks against Pakistan seriously!
I am not aware of any such permission given by Pakistan to Iran, did I miss it?