The PM Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security deliberated a variety of options, but eventually chose the Indian Air Force to carry out the strike on Balakot.
Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Pakistan has the right to give a suitable response in self defence to India's "aggression".
I don’t believe that the US-India relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. There are ways of handling Trump, even if the Pakistanis have outplayed us this year.
When it comes to firing along the LoC, very difficult to untangle provocation from retaliation.Like that immense banyan tree in Calcutta where no one can telll which is the main trunk. The 2003 ceasefire had been agreed upon at an equally difficult time. Both Prime Ministers are Men of Peace. They could speak to each other one the phone and agree to this simple confidence building measure.
When it comes to firing along the LoC, very difficult to untangle provocation from retaliation.Like that immense banyan tree in Calcutta where no one can telll which is the main trunk. The 2003 ceasefire had been agreed upon at an equally difficult time. Both Prime Ministers are Men of Peace. They could speak to each other one the phone and agree to this simple confidence building measure.