‘Will Help With Energy, Resources’: US House Speaker Backs India’s Fight Against Terrorism
US House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced to help India with his nation’s “energy and resources” in its fight against terrorism.
This came days after the Donald Trump administration extended support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. “India has to stand against terrorism. We will do everything possible to support those efforts. Trump administration will help India with energy and resources to fight terrorism,” Johnson said.
Last month, President Trump held a telephone conversation with PM Modi in which he condemned the attack and extended America’s full support to India to bring to justice the perpetrators of the heinous act.
Days after the attack, PM Modi, while addressing a public event in Bihar, vowed to pursue the terrorists behind the attack and their patrons, a clear reference to Pakistan which has a history of sponsoring terror strikes in India, to the “ends of earth” and inflict harshest punishment on them.
The Prime Minister also gave Indian armed forces complete operational freedom to decide on the mode, targets, and timing of the nation’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
As tensions remain high, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) conducted a closed-door meeting, convened at Pakistan’s request. However, the UN body raised tough questions and refused to accept Pakistan’s “false flag” narrative. According to sources, the UNSC members brought up the Pahalgam terror attack issue during the meeting and asked Pakistan if LeT was likely to be involved.
India has said that Pakistan is misusing the United Nations platform by virtue of being a non-permanent member of the Security Council at present and ahead of it assuming the chair of the Security Council for the month of July.
On April 22, terrorists opened fire in the scenic town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, killing 26 people. Though Pakistan has officially denied its involvement, the Resistance Front (TRF), a rebranded proxy of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has claimed responsibility for the attack.