FairPoint: India's Operation Sindoor forces Pakistan to own
FairPoint: India's Operation Sindoor forces Pakistan to own its terror proxies, world cannot stay silent
The operation was not just a tribute to the victims of terror or an act of vengeance for the deaths in Pahalgam - it is a symbol of
the fight against terrorism.
NEW DELHI — Operation
Sindoor is a success as it has brought Pakistan to its knees and helped India
starkly expose the neighbouring country's grooming of terror gangs and
complicity in global terrorism.
The operation was not just a tribute to the victims of
terror or an act of vengeance for the deaths in Pahalgam - it is a symbol of
the fight against terrorism that Pakistan has been unleashing not only in India
but also across other countries.
The operation has revealed bitter truths about Pakistan -
something that even the US operation to eliminate Osama Bin Laden could not
fully expose, particularly the Pakistan Army's role in nurturing terrorist
groups. These gangs have unleashed terror in India for decades, killing
hundreds of innocent civilians and causing the ethnic cleansing of Hindus from
Kashmir.
India has repeatedly informed the world about Pakistan's
involvement in various terror attacks across the country. New Delhi has
provided substantial evidence, the most significant being Ajmal Kasab, the
terrorist captured alive during the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008, and
proof of the Pulwama terror attack. India has also consistently warned the
global community about Pakistan's designs in Kashmir - a sinister campaign it
has pursued since 1947, and the latest incident is the Pahalgam massacre.
Unfortunately, the world has largely turned a blind eye.
There have been statements, but no concrete action has been taken against what
is essentially a terror factory. While the United Nations and several countries
have designated individual Pakistani terrorists, they have stopped short of
labelling the country itself. Operation Sindoor has provided irrefutable proof
- evidence too strong to ignore.
The operation was launched on May 7 in response to the
terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, which killed 26
civilians. The attack was quickly claimed by The Resistance Front (TRF), an
offshoot of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which emerged after the
abrogation of Article 370 in J&K in August 2019.
The close ties between Pakistan and TRF became evident
during discussions about the Pahalgam attack at the United Nations Security
Council. Pakistan played a key role in removing the group's name from the
UNSC's condemnation statement. If Pakistan had no connection to the attack, why
the agitation over naming the group?
Under Operation Sindoor, Indian Armed Forces targeted
terrorist infrastructure at nine specific locations in Pakistan and
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. All these sites were known terror bases, and several
designated terrorists were neutralised.
Videos and photographs surfaced showing Abdur Rauf, a
US-designated terrorist, leading prayers for those killed in the strike on the
LeT's headquarters in Muridke. The funeral was attended by military officers in
uniform. The terrorists were given "state honours" - draped in the
Pakistani national flag, saluted by army officers, and one coffin even received
a floral wreath from the Pakistan Army Chief.
In the initial phase of Operation Sindoor, five terrorists,
assigned key roles in Jaish-e-Mohammed and LeT - were eliminated. They were
identified as Mudassar Khadian Khas, Hafiz Muhammed Jameel, Mohammad Yusuf
Azhar, Khalid alias Abu Akasha, and Mohammad Hassan Khan. Senior Pakistani
military officers attended their funerals. The photos and videos have gone
viral, further exposing the decades-old nexus between Pakistan's military and
terrorist organisations.
In perhaps the most damning admission, Pakistan’s Defence
Minister, Khawaja Asif, provided undeniable proof by admitting in a television
interview that Pakistan had funded and supported terrorist groups for decades,
especially during the US-led wars in Afghanistan. Asif described this
involvement as "dirty work" done for the United States and the West,
including the UK.
Going even further, Asif told Parliament that these
terrorists constitute Pakistan's "second line of defence," and that
“students of madrasas would be deployed when needed.”
It is also telling that the Director General of
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif
Chaudhry - the man briefing the world on India-Pakistan tensions - is the son
of a declared terrorist, Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, a known aide of Osama bin
Laden.
Operation Sindoor has laid bare how Pakistan's political and
military establishments are dangerously intertwined with jihadist and terrorist
elements. It is time for the world to sit up and take notice.
The evidence is overwhelming - Pakistan is a rogue terror
state that weaponises religion to further its agenda. India's operation has
dismantled Pakistan's terror network in ways the Americans could not. It proves
that India has the capacity to make Pakistan bend.
Operation Sindoor is not just a tribute to the women who
lost their husbands in Pahalgam - it is a bold demonstration of the real Shakti
of India's defence forces and political resolve. It reveals evidence that
Pakistan's state policy favours terrorism. Can the world ignore the Operation
Sindoor proofs?
(Deepika Bhan can be contacted at deepika.b@ians.in)
