External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar warned that after savage acts like the recent Pahalgam incident, New Delhi would extract revenge on terrorist groups and their leaders, saying that India is ready to strike deep into Pakistan if provoked by more terrorist attacks.
S Jaishankar, currently on a visit to Europe, emphasized that Pakistan was openly training “thousands” of terrorists and “unleashing” them on India. His strong remarks come a month after India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives.
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‘Will Go Deep Into Pakistan’
Issuing a stark warning to Pakistan, S Jaishankar said, “We don’t care where they are. If they are deep in Pakistan, we will go deep into Pakistan.”
Following the terror attack in Pahalgam, tensions between India and Pakistan rose substantially. against May 7, India reacted by carrying out precision attacks against terror facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. On-ground hostilities between the two sides ended on May 10 after four days of talks between their respective directors general of military operations, which resulted in an agreement to suspend military activity.
S Jaishankar stated that the fundamental causes of the war have not altered. He stated, “It (Pakistan) is a country deeply entrenched in the use of terrorism as a tool of state policy. That is the entire issue.”