Former US Secretary Pompeo claims India-Pakistan were on verge of nuclear war post 2019 Balakot surgical strike

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that he was awakened to speak to his then Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj who told him that Pakistan was preparing for a nuclear attack in the wake of the Balakot surgical strike in February 2019 and India is preparing its own escalatory response. He claimed that his team worked overnight with both New Delhi and Islamabad to avert this crisis.