Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer John Kiriakou, who had headed the agency's counterterrorism operations in Pakistan, on Friday issued a warning to Islamabad that it would not gain anything positive if it decides to fight a war with India.

Speaking to ANI news agency, Kiriakou said, "Nothing, literally nothing good will come of an actual war between India and Pakistan because the Pakistanis will lose. It's as simple as that."

Kiriakou, who spent the entire second half of his career spanning 15 years in counterterrorism operations, called on Pakistan to "stop provoking Indians" as it will only end up in their loss.

"They'll lose. And I'm not talking about nuclear weapons -- I'm talking just about a conventional war. And so there is no benefit to constantly provoking Indian

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