Amit Shah vows to avenge Pahalgam terror attack; Rajnath Singh speaks to US counterpart
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a gathering during a ceremony to unveil the statue of Bodofa Upendranath Brahma and dedicate a road in his honour in New Delhi, on his death anniversary | PTI
As India-Pakistan tensions heat up following the Pahalgam terror attack, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah in his first public remarks on the terror attack vowed to avenge those who died in the attack.
Hegseth expressed his "deepest sympathies" for the tragic loss of innocent civilians in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
The statement issued by the Defence Ministry said that Hegseth conveyed to Singh that his country stands in solidarity with India and supports India's right to defend itself. "He reiterated the strong support of the US government in India's fight against terrorism."
Meanwhile, Shah said, "Whoever carried out the dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam will not be spared."
We will hunt down each and every perpetrator of the Pahalgam terror attack, he added.
Shah stressed the Narendra Modi-led NDA government's commitment to uproot terrorism from the country. "The whole world is standing with India in this fight," he said.
As India plans strategies, the Pakistani military is continuing its build-up on the borders and has deployed air defence and artillery units at forward locations expecting retaliation.
Also, unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan continue in Jammu and Kashmir. Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan talked over the hotline to discuss the ceasefire violations.
Recently, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a conversation with his US counterpart Marco Rubio over the phone and discussed the Pahalgam terror attack, that claimed the lives of 26 people.
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