Hours after India struck terror camps in Pakistan, Arfa Khanum and Siddharth Varadrajan began parroting Pakistani narratives, denying terrorist casualties and warning of retaliation—a familiar pattern in their long-standing practice of ideological sabotage.
In a strong show of support to India, UK's former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak firmly backed New Delhi's action against cross-border terrorism following Operation Sindoor and said that "India is justified in striking terrorist infrastructure."
Soon after the focused strikes on terrorists and terrorist infrastructure at nine sites in Pakistan and PoJK as part of Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval spoke with his counterparts from the United States, Japan and several other countries
This is not the first time Pakistan has blocked scrutiny following strikes by Indian armed forces. After the two successful strikes by India in 2016 (surgical strike) and 2019 (Balakot air strike), Islamabad adopted a similar approach.
Among the most significant of the neutralised camps was Markas Taiba Muridke, the notorious Lashkar-e-Taiba base where Ajmal Kasab and David Headley, terrorists behind the 26/11 Mumbai attack, were trained.
Under Operation Sindoor, India successfully targeted nine sites linked to terrorist groups, out of which four were located in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir