‘Can’t rule out strategic miscalculation’: Pakistani general warns of escalation risk despite India-Pak troop drawdown

‘Can’t rule out strategic miscalculation’: Pakistani general warns of escalation risk despite India-Pak troop drawdown

Despite signs of de-escalation along the India-Pakistan border, with both sides beginning to reduce troops after their worst clashes in decades, a top Pakistani military general has warned that the risk of future escalation remains high

General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Pakistan’s chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee, speaks during an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit, in Singapore, May 30, 2025, in this screengrab from a video. Reuters