Tehran took a strategic leap forward as it offered to address Islamabad's irritants on the western and eastern border, unmindful of extra-regional wrangling. The Islamic Republic termed this gesture of unconditional support for Pakistan as a 'blank cheque', as security concerns grow in the wake of Taliban's adamant attitude and Delhi's continued intransigence.

Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's National Security Council and an aide to Supreme Leader Syed Ali Khamenei, turned the tables on diplomacy by........

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