Acting swiftly and with renewed determination within days of April 22, 2025, Pahalgam attack; PM Narendra Modi had given free hand to three armed forces to decide about the target, mode and timing of the attack against terror and India's western neighbour.
Modi held a series of back-to-back security meetings with his Cabinet ministers including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and NSA Ajit Doval.
Top defence brass and three service chiefs attended multiple meetings.
PM Modi had said that the decisive fight against terror was/is a national resolution and his government vowed to "pursue" the perpetrators and their backers "to the ends of the earth".
India also had downgraded its ties with Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack and took several diplomatic measures, including the pausing of the Indus Waters Treaty, expelling all Pakistani military attaches and the shutting down of the Attari-Wagah border.
In response, Pakistan suspended the Simla Agreement and banned its airspace.
New Delhi also banned the airspace for Pakistani aircraft and military planes.
Diplomatically, it was suggested that before taking the final call for any result-oriented military action; India was assessing things in totality.
It tried to gauge the mood of China which has in the past and even lately backed Pakistan in international fora.
The US, which once attached considerable importance to its relationship with Pakistan during war against radicals in Afghanistan; in 2025 understandably had diminished attachment and excitement about Islamabad. Of course, after Operation Sindoor things changed a lot as Pak army chief Munir tried to sit on Trump's lap.
What was seen as a matter of critical importance, the United States and France stuck to India at the United Nations Security Council meet and thus Pakistan could not get the word “disputed” added with Jammu and Kashmir in the UNSC statement on Pahalgam attack.
India played up the Diplomatic card well at the UNSC meet.
India's representative said the open confession of Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitting to his country’s history of supporting and funding terrorist organisations exposes Pakistan as a “rogue state”.
But as Pakistan is a member of the UNSC (in the non permanent category till end of 2026), New Delhi could not get the naming of 'The Resistance Front' in the statement.
China and also Pakistan blocked the reference.
The Resistance Front initially claimed the responsibility of the Pahalgam attack but later withdrew the press release/claims made to the media.
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Indian cricket star Shikhar Dhawan gave a strong reaction to Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi's unwarranted comments on Indian army.
"Kargil mein bhi haraya tha, already itna gire hue ho aur kitna giroge,
bewajah comments pass karne se acha hai apne desh ki taraqqi mai dimag lagao @SAfridiOfficial," Dhawan tweeted.
"Humein hamari Indian Army par bohot garv hai. Bharat Mata Ki Jai! Jai Hind!
(We beat you in Kargil. Already you guys have stooped so low, how further can you go? Instead of passing comments, focus on improving the condition of your own country. We are proud of Indian Army)," Dhawan said in a X post.
Afridi, a veteran of 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 99 T20Is, mocked Indian Army and media for their take on the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
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