A conflict between America and Iran would be 'much, much more difficult' than the one in Afghanistan, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
it's almost now 19 years," he said. "We're still finding a solution, still trying to get peace talks going."
"Does the U.S. want another conflict?" he asked. "Trust me, Iran will be much, much more difficult conflict than even Afghanistan." Tensions in the region escalated in early January after Iran's top military general Qasem Soleimani was killed in Baghdad by an American airstrike. Tehran retaliated by firing ballistic missiles at U.S. targets in"A conflict right now with Iran would be a disaster for developing countries," said Khan. "Oil prices will shoot up. Countries like us who are just about balancing our budgets, everything will go up and it'll just cause poverty.
"You use military to solve one problem, five other problems come up — unintended consequences," he said. "People who try and solve issues through bloodshed and war, they always cause mayhem in this world."
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