Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has once again stoked tensions with a fiery claim that his country is 'fully prepared' to fight a two-front war, against India on the eastern border and the Taliban on the western front.

Speaking at a public event, Asif said, “We are ready for war on two fronts. Allah helped us in round one, and He will help us in round two,” according to a report by India Today.

The statement, provocative even by Pakistan’s recent standards, comes at a time when the country is reeling from economic distress, mounting security challenges, and a string of deadly terror attacks that have exposed cracks in its internal security apparatus.

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Asif’s comments followed a suicide bombing in Islamabad earlier this week that killed 12 pe

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