Kabul, May 9 (IANS) In order to understand how Pakistan’s relationship with terrorism actually functions, understanding the life of a single man – Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed – would be sufficient. Azhar has lived a life that no rogue actor could survive. His career is the case study that exposes the lie at the heart of Pakistani denials. Born in Bahawalpur in 1968, Masood Azhar grew up in a Deobandi religious environment, joined Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in his early 20s, and trave…
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Brussels, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment for decades has regarded the sponsorship of terrorism as a “low-cost tool”, facing no meaningful accountability. By placing the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following last year’s April 22 Pahalgam terror attack carried out by a Pakistan-based terror group, India has brought the agreement itself into the strategic “cost calculus”, effectively dismantling that insulation, a report said on Saturday.Writing for ‘European Ti…
Colombo, May 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s leading newspapers in Colombo carried full-page advertisements on Saturday commemorating ‘Operation Sindoor’, India’s decisive military action against terror infrastructure and also tributes to the people killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam. The ads appeared across English, Sinhala, and Tamil editions of the dailies in Colombo.The advertisements, relating to the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam terror attack paid special tributes to the 26 innocent people who lost th…
Bamako, May 8 (IANS) As terror group Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), closely linked to Al-Qaeda (AQ), rapidly tightens its grip over Mali, experts reckon that the threat is no longer limited to Africa and similar patterns are appearing in different regions. It is like a “waterbed” – pressure in one area causes it to resurface in another, a report highlighted on Friday. Writing for Usanas Foundation, Peter Knoope, noted counter-terrorism and international cooperation expert, express…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Emphasising that confronting terrorism requires concerted action in a sustained and comprehensive manner, India and Singapore have renewed their commitment to strengthen multilateral cooperation in the field of countering terrorism, including in the UN, ASEAN, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other multilateral platforms. As strategic partners, India and Singapore underscored the importance of bilateral cooperation in countering terrorism during the 5th Meeting of I…
United Nations, May 8 (IANS) India’s Minister of State of External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh led a commemoration of Operation Sindoor that gave a resounding blow to Pakistan for defending and aiding terorrists.India’s resolve to fight terrorism remained as strong as ever, he said on Thursday.The meeting commemorating the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor paid tributes to India’s UN Mission to “the bravery and professionalism of our armed forces, which is unparalleled”.After Paki…
Imphal/Agartala, May 7 (IANS) The Indian Army and the Assam Rifles on Thursday commemorated the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor through a series of events organised across different Northeastern states, officials said.A defence spokesperson said that, as part of its continued commitment to community outreach and national awareness, the Indian Army organised a special outreach programme at Manipur University in Imphal on Thursday.The spokesperson said the initiative was organised for stude…
New Delhi, May 7: There is a reflexive question that international observers tend to ask whenever military action occurs between India and Pakistan. Who escalated? The framing of the question is itself revealing. It assumes that escalation is the central issue. It assumes that the prior conduct, the planning, the funding, and the execution of terrorism are not, themselves, escalation. It assumes that the side that responds to a massacre with force is the side responsible for the conflict.Operati…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Reiterating its consistent position on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), India on Thursday said that the agreement remains in abeyance due to Pakistan’s continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Islamabad must “credibly and irrevocably” end such support.”Our position on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has been consistent. IWT stands in abeyance in re…
Jaipur, May 7 (IANS) Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, who served as the Director General of Air Operations during last year’s military operation against Pakistan, on Thursday said that Indian forces had shot down 13 aircrafts and 11 airfields of the rogue nation under the Operation Sindoor.Addressing a press conference in Jaipur on the anniversary of Operation Sindoor, the Deputy Chief of Air Staff claimed that the operation successfully destroyed nine terrorist hideouts inside Pakistan and Pa…