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A year later, Pahalgam attack’s lessons drive India’s policy against new jihadist wave
Firstpost • • world
Key Points:
- Despite setbacks from Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s military-jihadist complex has grown more emboldened, prompting India to revise its counterterrorism strategy beyond kinetic military actions.
- Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi noted that Pakistan’s 27th Amendment has consolidated military control, while Pakistan has improved its international alliances, gaining diplomatic and military leverage.
- India is enhancing indigenous defense capabilities, focusing on space-based missile detection and integrating drones at all military levels, but faces challenges in procurement and sustaining defense industry production.
- The nature of terrorism has evolved, with homegrown, digitally radicalized networks guided remotely abroad, complicating India’s response and requiring differentiated strategies rather than uniform military retaliation.
- Analysts warn India’s traditional deterrence approach may be ineffective against an emboldened Pakistan with growing international support, urging a strategic rethink to address sustained terror threats and geopolitical shifts.
