US Intelligence Warns: India-Pakistan Nuclear Conflict Risk Persists

• US Intelligence Community's Annual Threat Assessment highlights ongoing risk of nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan.
• Report states that while neither country seeks open conflict, terrorist actors can still trigger crises.
• Past conflicts and incidents like the Pahalgam terrorist attack demonstrate the danger of escalation.
• Pakistan is developing sophisticated missile technology, potentially capable of striking targets beyond South Asia, including ICBMs that could threaten the US.
• Tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban are high, with cross-border clashes and Pakistan's frustration over anti-Pakistan terrorist groups in Afghanistan.