Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri during the Press Briefing on Operation Sindoor :

On April 22, 2025, Pakistani and Pakistan trained terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) carried out a savage attack on Indian tourists at #Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, India

The attack in Pahalgam was marked by extreme barbarity with the victims mostly killed with head shots from close range and in front of their families. Family members were deliberately traumatized through the manner of the killing, accompanied by the exhortation that they should take back the message

The manner of the attack was also driven by an objective of provoking communal discord both in Jammu & Kashmir, and the rest of the nation. It is to the credit of the government and the people of India that these designs were foiled. A group calling itself, The Resistance Front (TRF) has claimed responsibility for the attack. This group is a front for the UN proscribed Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e Taiba

The latest attack in #Pahalgam has understandably, generated deep anger in Jammu & Kashmir and in other parts of India. Following the attacks, the Government of India, naturally responded with a set of initial measures relating to our engagement with Pakistan

It was deemed essential that the perpetrators and planners of the 22nd April attack be brought to justice. Despite a fortnight having passed since the attacks, there has been no demonstrable step from Pakistan, to take action against the terrorist infrastructure on its territory or on territory under its control. Instead, all it has indulged in are denials and allegations. Our intelligence monitoring of Pakistan based terrorist modules indicated that further attacks against India were impending. There was thus, a compulsion, both to deter and to preempt

Investigations into the #Pahalgam terror attack have brought out the communication nodes of terrorists, in and to Pakistan. The claims made by The Resistance Front and their reposting by known social media handles of the Lashkar-e Taiba speak for themselves. Identification of the attackers based on eyewitness accounts as well as other information available to law enforcement agencies has also progressed

The features of this attack also tie in with Pakistan’s long track record of perpetrating cross-border terrorism in India, which is well-documented and beyond question. Pakistan also has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for terrorists from around the world with internationally proscribed terrorists enjoying impunity there.

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