Pahalgam to Iran: Pluses & minuses

The massacre a year before didn’t result in more Pak-backed terrorism. India’s deep strikes were effective. But, Iran’s ‘mosaic defence’ against US shows what India’s strategic capability needs

A year after the Pahalgam massacre, the incident has receded from national consciousness. It demonstrates the brutal reality that it was just one more slaughter among the many J&K has witnessed, in nearly four decades of Pakistan-backed Islamist terrorism.

If it was intended to catalyse a revival of terrorism in the UT, it has failed comprehensively. The downward trajectory of terrorist activity has been maintained.

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On the other hand, Centre’s promise of ‘zero terrorism’ also remains out of reach.

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