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”.
Thank God this guy wasn’t the Indian army chief in 1971. Instead of talking about his area of expertise he is pontificating about political solutions blah blah blah. Only in India do you have ‘ experts’ having an opinion on everything except their own domains.
Superb piece and realistic opinion. Only long term strategy will have an effect. India will have to take world politics into consideration before taking any decisions and political leadership needs to consult people who understand world politics and military Operations well and not fell pray to jingoism being spread by media in India.