Threat of nuclear war brought India and Pakistan back from the brink
The four days of fighting was the first time two nuclear powers have attacked each other with a combination of drones, air strikes, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.
Here’s an IAEA statement issued on Thursday which you may have missed: “Based on information available there has been no radiation leak from any nuclear facility in Pakistan”.
If you were following the hostilities between Pakistan and India closely, you might breathe a sigh of relief at the news. If you weren’t, perhaps your reaction might be: “Wait! What radiation leak?”
Unconfirmed reports of an Indian air strike on a Pakistani base which is reported to be used to store nuclear weapons may just be part of the sometimes-hysterical claims on both sides which took place during four days of fighting last week. Nevertheless, they are believed by tens of millions of people.
At a dinner on Wednesday evening, I was approached by an Indian businessman desperate to know if I could confirm the radiation leak news because he was worried for his family who were “downwind” of where the strike took place in the Punjab.
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