Pahalgam attack was original escalation: India on counterstriking Pak systems

The deadly Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives was the original escalation.

The government said on Thursday, hours after Pakistan’s key air defence systems were destroyed by India in a counterstrike.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, during a press briefing this evening, reiterated that only terror infrastructure was hit in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and that India’s precision strikes under Operation Sindoor were “non-escalatory, precise, and measured” in nature.