KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday, authorities said.

US strikes resulted in violent protests in Pakistan. Demonstrators attacked the US consulate in Karachi, burned a UN office and held rallies, resulting in the deaths of 22 people. The conflict has put Islamabad in a quandary;

By Ariba Shahid and Mushtaq Ali KARACHI, Pakistan/BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - Demonstrations against the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran turned violent in Pakistan and Iraq on Sunday, while in other parts of the world Iranian exiles took to the streets to celebrate the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The irony is that Pakistan had little direct stake in the US-Israel operation against Iran. Yet the country ended up paying a domestic price for it.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed condolences for the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. He criticised the violation of international law,

Hundreds of people stormed the US Consulate in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, smashing windows after the US and Israel attacked Iran and killing senior Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Oil prices pushed higher for a second day while global equities declined on Tuesday, as investors monitored escalating tensions in the Middle East. The United States and Israel continued strikes on Iran, with Tehran launching additional attacks on neighbouring countries.

While the U.S. and Iran have been ratcheting up threats against each other, a simmering conflict in two neighboring countries just boiled over: Afghanistan and Pakistan devolved into armed conflict on Friday,