Engaging with Pakistan’s imagined liberal class while ignoring its jihadist establishment is a recipe for strategic self-delusion, yet Newslaundry wants India to abandon realism in favour of feel-good fantasy.
In a startling admission that lays bare the hair-trigger dynamics of South Asia’s nuclear standoff, a top aide to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has revealed that his country’s military had merely 30-45 seconds to determine whether incoming BrahMos missile carried a nuclear warhead during a critical moment in this May’s Operation Sindoor.
During a recent address, Lt Gen Rahul R Singh revealed that China gave Pakistan real-time inputs during Operation Sindoor. He said India faced a coordinated threat from Pakistan, China, and Turkey, calling China’s involvement a case of "killing with a borrowed knife."
Following Operation Sindoor, Indians had called for a strong boycott of Turkey due to its support to Pakistan. Turkey supported Pakistan by providing it drones and other military equipment.