On 22 April, 2025, terrorists killed 25 Indians—24 tourists and a Kashmiri local—and 1 Nepalese tourist at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam before fleeing the tourist spot. Eyewitness accounts indicate victims were singled out on the basis of religion, shot at close range in front of their families.
At the time of the attack, PM Modi was in Saudi Arabia on an official visit and US Vice President JD Vance was visiting India. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) chaired by PM Modi met the day after the attack and in a statement highlighted a potential link to Pakistan, saying “cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack were brought out”.
Other than anything, the way the article is written is beautiful.
“Triad of imperatives—first, the systematic dismantling of cross-border terror infrastructures; second, the adroit harnessing of global sympathy to forestall diplomatic backlash; and third, the strategic exploitation of the deep fissures within the Pakistani polity, whose contradictions render it vulnerable to internal disarray.” Very good action points. Also please add this: Make internal security of Jammu and Kashmir so impregnable that no terrorist act is possible inside India.