How Pakistan came to play mediator in the Iran war
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#74T77)
The two-week ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran was brokered by Pakistan. For years, the country was seen by the US and others in the West as a pariah state due to its Taliban links, but much has changed. As it acts as mediator, it's also been fighting the Taliban and ISIS. The World's Host Marco Werman learns more from Aqil Shah, a political scientist at McDaniel College in Maryland.