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Posted on 05/11/2026 2:48:45 PM PDT by DFG
As Pakistan positioned itself as a diplomatic conduit between Tehran and Washington, it quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields, potentially shielding them from American airstrikes, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.
Iran also sent civilian aircraft to park in neighboring Afghanistan. It was not clear if military aircraft were among those flights, two of the officials told CBS News.
Together, the movements reflected an apparent effort to insulate some of Iran's remaining military and aviation assets from the expanding conflict, even as officials publicly served as brokers for de-escalation.
The U.S. officials, who all spoke only under condition of anonymity to discuss national security issues, told CBS News that days after President Trump announced the ceasefire with Iran in early April, Tehran sent multiple aircraft to Pakistan Air Force Base Nur Khan, a strategically important military installation located just outside the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Among the military hardware was an Iranian Air Force RC-130, a reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering variant of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport aircraft.
U.S. Central Command referred CBS News to Afghan and Pakistani officials for comment.
A senior Pakistan official rejected the claims involving Nur Khan Air Base, telling CBS News, that "Nur Khan base is right in the heart of [the] city, a large fleet of aircrafts parked there can't be hidden from [the] public eye."
According to an Afghan civil aviation officer who spoke to CBS News, an Iranian civilian aircraft belonging to Mahan Air landed in Kabul shortly before the war started. After Iranian airspace was closed, the aircraft remained parked in Kabul airport.
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Because - Islam
Why am I not surprised?
Pakistan was NOT hosting the talks to do the U.S. any favors; it was just trying to enhance its own geopolitical “street creds”.
It would not surprise me if we later find out the Pakistanis were spying on our folks there for the negotiations.
If it is true about the Iranian military planes sheltered by Pakistan, we should take very surgical strikes to take them out, and tell whomever from Iran that our folks are talking to that they’ll have to find a truly neutral third party nation to host future talks; and that would be a very limited group - like some small insignificant Pacific island nations.
Did we know this and let them get away with it because of the optics? Anybody who thought (nuclear) Pakistan would function as an objectively-disinterested mediator is a bloody fool.
This is also why we didn’t inform the Paki’s about the Bin Laden raid.
I remember Trump saying he had made a deal with Pakistan to store some of our helicopters there as part of his withdrawal from Afghanistan plan.
A miuzzie I is a muzzie is a Muzzie……
I got a very bad vibe as soon as I heard about talks in Islamabad. I rarely paraphrase Karl Marx, but... "As soon as a Russian Pakistani gets a foothold, there is the devil to pay."
Pakistan: always happy to help Americans beclown themselves.
Not even surprised. They are in together. Harboring military should make them unfit to mediate.
I am certain however, that Trump already knew that the Paki’s were in the Iranian corner (think Al Queda, think Afghanistan). So he used them to negotiate with the Iranians because they wouldn’t trust anyone else to mediate. We need to think about that, and what it signals.
Considering Pakistan probably generates revenue from Iran’s misfortune temporarily, but could ultimately suffer if there is mass exodus from Iran. Assuming infrastructure collapse in Iran, refugees would head for Pakistan, which could destabilize it. Pakistan wants an agreement, favorable to Iran, after a prolonged time. Iran believes the longer it drags out, the more likely US domestic terrorist allies ( aka Democrats) can save them via the media and war powers act. The wild card is Trump, and when he grows weary of the game.
Once the game goes to far, if the US military is unencumbered, Iran cultural will cease to be. I guess the Mullahs can play all the same games in Pakistan, which already has nuclear weapons.
If you can’t trust Pockeestawn, who can you trust? 🤡
Who would think Pakistan is neutral?
A muzzie is a muzzie?
Different kinds of them. You know the kind that hates each other even more than they hate us? You know there is more than one group in Pakistan that hate those in power. Bangladesh went through it so who’s next? India just might have the highest muslim population in the world. Push them all into Pakistan?
Trump is being played.
We will see when he gets back from China. Nothing will happen until then.
I want World War 2 style bombing. These insolent bastards think they can play the USA.
President Trump had Field Marshal Asim Munir military chief and the real power in Pakistan to the White House for lunch last year.
Field Marshal Munir visited USA multiple times in the last year welcome in this country.
I like to think the POTUS is bringing Pakistan over to ‘our side’ the Pakistanis waged war on Afghanistan right before the Iran War began.
Pakistan gets Chinese assistance including Chinese money to cover its debt load alongside US-IMF funding.
Par for the course.............
I know a guy from Pakistan. He says the military is very corrupt. Give them money they’ll do anything you want.
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