US averted Pak-India nuclear war, Former Secretary of State
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I was woken by Indian official claiming Pakistan preparing nuclear attack, Pompeo states in book
WASHINGTON (Web Desk) - According to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Pakistan and India nearly had a nuclear exchange in 2019 and that US had averted the nuclear war.
In his new book, "Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love," former US Secretary of State reportedly made a number of claims.
The world is unaware of how near a nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India got in February 2019, Mike Pompeo wrote.
Pompeo claimed that after 41 Indian soldiers died in occupied Kashmir as a result of airstrikes by India, Pakistan downed an Indian warship and arrested the pilot. He claimed that he was immediately awakened by a senior Indian official who believed Pakistan had started to prepare for a nuclear attack and who said that India was considering advancing. I replied, "You do nothing, give us time to sort things out," to the Indian official.
In a reference to the frailty of civilian administrations, Pompeo, who said that Pakistan "probably aided" the Kashmir attack, claimed to have spoken to "the genuine leader of Pakistan," the country s then-army head General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
According to Pompeo, American officials prevented Pakistan and India from launching nuclear wars, something no country could do that night without suffering a horrific outcome.
