What is India’s next plan after Operation Sindoor on Pakistan? NSA Ajit Doval issues a strong warning, says…
The Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of Wednesday, targeting terrorist infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK). This operation was a retaliatory response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of 26 civilians, including one Nepali national.
As part of Operation Sindoor, the Indian Army launched extensive midnight airstrikes deep inside Pakistan. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday told his counterparts in various countries that India has no intent to escalate tensions but is prepared to “retaliate resolutely” if Pakistan does so, officials said, PTI reported.
Doval briefed his counterparts in the US, UK, Saudi Arabia, and Japan about India’s missile strikes against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He also established contact with Russia and France, officials said.
“NSA briefed his counterparts on actions taken and method of execution, which was measured, non-escalatory and restrained. He emphasised that India had no intent to escalate but was well prepared to retaliate resolutely should Pakistan decide to escalate,” an official was quoted as saying by PTI.
The conversations took place soon after India carried out Operation Sindoor at nine sites. He spoke to US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, UK’s Jonathan Powell, Saudi Arabia’s Musaid Al Aiban, UAE’s H.H. Sheikh Tahnoon, and Japan’s Masataka Okano. “Contact was also established with Russian NSA Sergei Shoigu, Member of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC Wang Yi and Diplomatic Adviser to French President Emmanuel Bonne,” the official said. Doval will be in further touch with his counterparts in the days ahead.
Following the Balakot airstrike, Pakistan had retaliated with an attack. But this time, after Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s military under General Asim Munir appears shaken.
Trying to deflect global attention, the Pakistani army claimed that the Lashkar-e-Taiba site destroyed in the strike was a civilian location. However, this narrative quickly collapsed when Lashkar-e-Taiba released a video identifying the targeted facility as its operational headquarters, effectively debunking Pakistan’s misinformation campaign, reported News18Hindi.
According to the News18 Hindi report, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Operation Sindoor as an act of war, asserting that his country reserves the right to respond and is doing so strongly. The report further mentioned that he announced the convening of a national security council meeting in light of the strikes.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that we are not taking any hostile actions against India; we are just protecting our land. He mentioned that for the past two weeks, Pakistan has made it clear that it will not start any attack against India. However, if India attacks, there will certainly be a response. Sharing a post on X(formerly Twitter), Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar called the strikes a blatant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and a threat to regional peace. He further claimed that India’s actions defied the UN Charter and international law.
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