After 14 days of waiting, cancelling the Indus Water Treaty and several other diplomatic measures, India struck nine terror outfit camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor.

The NYT report emphasised India’s official stance, noting that the strikes were “measured, responsible, and designed to be non-escalatory.”

The Pahalgam terror attack was intended to provoke ‘communal discord’ in Kashmir and across India, according to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. This statement was made during a press briefing on Operation Sindoor.