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;

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.

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.

US Embassy in Islamabad announced the cancellation of all visa appointments through Friday, March 6, citing the current security situation, amidst the ongoing protests for the death of the Supreme Lea

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,

"Pakistan stands with the Iranian nation in this moment of grief and shares in their loss," Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said

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,