Pakistan urges restraint as its Mideast deal unravels

NPR | By Diaa Hadid

Published July 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM EDT

Pakistan urges restraint as Iran and the U.S. clash and a memorandum of understanding unravels.

Diaa Hadid

Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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