Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir Escalates Nuclear Threats Against India Amid Afghanistan Border Crisis

Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's Army Chief, has issued new threats against India while Pakistan simultaneously conducts bombing operations on Afghan civilians. Munir has escalated anti-India nuclear rhetoric, asserting that Pakistan's growing military capabilities could "shatter the misconceived immunity of India's geographical warspace."

During his inflammatory speech at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, Munir stated that there was "no space for war in a nuclearised environment." However, he immediately contradicted this by warning that even a "minor provocation" would trigger a "decisive, beyond proportions" response from Pakistan.

Munir declared: "Should a fresh wave of hostilities be triggered, Pakistan would respond much beyond the expectations of the initiators. With diminishing distinction between combat and communication zones, the reach and lethality of our weapon systems will shatter the misconceived immunity of India's geographic vastness."

He further emphasized that "the deeply hurting retributive military and economic losses inflicted will be much beyond the imagination and calculations of the perpetrators of chaos and instability."

The Pakistani military leader added that responsibility for any escalations "that may ultimately bear catastrophic consequences for the entire region and beyond, will squarely lie with India."

Munir's aggressive rhetoric comes at a particularly ironic time as Pakistani forces are conducting bombing operations against Afghan civilians in border regions. Recent reports indicate that the Pakistani military faces significant pressure following multiple deadly attacks by the Afghan Taliban along the Durand Line.

Notably, Munir delivered a similarly provocative anti-India speech shortly before terrorists killed 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. During that address, he described Kashmir as Pakistan's "jugular vein."

Speaking at the Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad on April 16, he stated: "Our stance is absolutely clear, it was our jugular vein, it will be our jugular vein, we will not forget it. We will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their heroic struggle."