India, March 1 -- On the morning of February 28, India woke up to two raging wars on the western frontier. Pakistan and Afghanistan are in an open war along the Durand Line, with Pakistani jets striking Kabul and the Taliban launching retaliatory operations across the border. Further to the west, US and Israeli warplanes were conducting what Washington is calling "major combat operations" against Iran, with air strikes across Tehran and other cities. Tehran has confirmed that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the US-Israeli strikes on Saturday.

India has friendly relations - of varying depth - with most parties to these conflicts except, of course, Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned from Israel just ...