Retired Pakistani army general Ghulam Mustafa has warned that Pakistan faces a stark choice between capitulation and armed conflict following a recent wave of missile attacks by India. In a statement to Al Jazeera , the former military official declared, “An act of war can only be responded to by another act of war.” General Mustafa emphasized that while Pakistan’s counter-response must be “measured” to prevent a full-scale escalation, India must “feel the pain for starting this conflict.” He insisted that Pakistan could not afford to appear weak in the face of what he described as a direct a

Retired Pakistani army general Ghulam Mustafa has warned that Pakistan faces a stark choice between capitulation and armed conflict following a recent wave of missile attacks by India. In a statement to Al Jazeera, the former military official declared, “An act of war can only be responded to by another act of war.” General Mustafa emphasized that while Pakistan’s counter-response must be “measured” to prevent a full-scale escalation, India must “feel the pain for starting this conflict.” He insisted that Pakistan could not afford to appear weak in the face of what he described as a direct and provocative aggression. He also pointed to the longstanding dispute over Kashmir as a central trigger in this and past conflicts. According to Mustafa, resolving the Kashmir issue is critical for any hope of lasting peace and stable coexistence between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

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