Mainstream Weekly11th May, 2025
The Indian military action against the perpetrators of the heinous killings of the innocent citizens in Pahalgam on 22nd April has come to an end following the oral agreement between Pakistan and India. The Indian leadership described from the very beginning that its military operations were measured, non-escalatory and proportionate nd was aimed at the terrorists and their hideouts supported by the Pakistani military establishment under General Asif Munir, who has brought himself up in the Madrasa tradition, unlike many earlier Generals. Speaking about the ceasefire, the Indian foreign office has rightly declared that any further acts of terrorism would be considered as an act of war and that we would respond to them appropriately. The short military operations by the Air Force and the Army were extensively covered by the electronic media, showings pictures of the destruction of the terrorist infrastructure, located in different parts of Pakistan, along with the killing of some of the terrorist leaders and their family members. Such acts have naturally pleased the political leadership and the defence forces as well as the citizens, more particularly the family members of those gunned down in Pahalgam.
The Indian military operations deserve some scrutiny. The following observations are tentative as we do not have a clear picture about the extent of retribution carried out by our forces, with the Foreign Secretary himself that some of the details would be made known at the appropriate time. He said so in response to a foreign correspondent