"Speeding towards an all-out war with Iran would make the wars that we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan look like a picnic," the future Director of National Intelligence warned at the time.
Pope Leo XIV urges Pakistan and Afghanistan to dialogue amid rising conflict, while critics question the Taliban's commitment to peace. Explore the Pope's influential role in this South Asian crisis.
The Afghan military said it had thwarted a Pakistani airstrike on the former U.S. base, Bagram airfield, amid an intensifying campaign that has targeted dozens of military sites across the country.