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No, a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities can’t cook Pakistan, Afghanistan
A hysterical map on social media has cooked up an image of the blast radius of radioactive fallout if Iran’s nuclear facilities were attacked. It fancies that it shows how radiation would reach Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, parts of Afghanistan, and potentially other areas depending on atmospheric conditions. The map is based on the claim that: ‘Pakistan and Afghanistan would be blanketed by the fallout of radiation if nuclear facilities in Iran are attacked.’ Such a broad conclusion reflects an incomplete understanding of the nature of Iran’s nuclear facilities as well as the geographic