New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level security meeting this week and conveyed that the Indian armed forces have full operational freedom to decide the mode, timing, and target of India's response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
As per officials, as cited by news agency PTI, PM Modi affirmed, "It is our national resolve to deal a crushing blow to terrorism". The meeting was attended by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, and Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh.
PM Modi has vowed to pursue the terrorists and their patrons, a pointed reference to Pakistan, to the "ends of earth" and ensure they face the harshest punishment "beyond their imagination." His remarks have further raised expectations of a robust counter-response, especially in light of his government's earlier retaliatory strikes in response to major attacks.
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India reaches out to non-permanent UNSC members
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his counterparts from seven non-permanent member nations of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to update them on the brutal Pahalgam terror attack with cross-border linkages.
He held conversations with his counterparts from Algeria, Greece, Guyana, Panama, Slovenia, Sierra Leone and Somalia on April 29. Citing “cross-border linkages” to the horrific attack, India has promised severe punishment to those involved in the strike.
In its April 25 statement on the attack, the UNSC condemned the terror attack in the “strongest terms” and reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the “most serious” threats to international peace and security.
In the last few days, India reached out to various world capitals apprising the nations about the “cross-border” links to the terror attack.
