Indian Foreign Minister Vikram Misri Holds A Press Briefing Explaining Strikes On Pakistan

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Indian Foreign Minister Vikram Misri held a press briefing on Wednesday amid conflict with Pakistan.

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00:00Six people, including one national of Nepal, causing the largest number of civilian casualties

00:06in a terrorist attack in India since the 26th November 2008 attacks in Mumbai.

00:13The attack in Pahlgaam was marked by extreme barbarity, with the victims mostly killed

00:18with headshots from close range and in front of their families.

00:24Family members were deliberately traumatized through the manner of the killing,

00:28accompanied by the exhortation that they should take back the message.

00:3323 million tourists visiting the valley last year.

00:37The calculation presumably was that harming growth and development in the Union territory

00:42would help keep it backward and create fertile ground for continued cross-border terrorism from Pakistan.

00:50The manner of the attack was also driven by an objective of provoking communal discord,

00:55both in Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the nation.

00:59It is to the credit of the government and the people of India that these designs were foiled.

01:05A group calling itself the Resistance Front has claimed responsibility for the attack.

01:11This group is a front for the UN-proscribed Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

01:17It is notable that India had given inputs about the TRF in the half-yearly report

01:23to the monitoring team of the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee in May and November 2024,

01:31bringing out its role as a cover for Pakistan-based terrorist groups.

01:36Investigations into the Pahlkam terror attack have brought out the communication notes of terrorists

01:43in and to Pakistan.

01:46The claims made by the Resistance Front and their reposting by known social media handles

01:52of the Lashkar-e-Taiba speak for themselves.

01:56Identification of the attackers based on eyewitness accounts

02:00as well as other information available to law enforcement agencies

02:04has also progressed.

02:06Tribe terrorists enjoying impunity there.

02:09In addition, Pakistan has been known to willfully mislead the world

02:13and international forums such as the Financial Action Task Force on this issue.

02:18The Sajid Mir case in which this terrorist was declared dead

02:22and then in response to international pressure brought back to life,

02:26found alive and arrested is the most glaring example.

02:30The latest attack in Pahlkam, it was deemed essential

02:34that the perpetrators and planners of the 22nd April attack be brought to justice.

02:41Despite a fortnight having passed since the attacks,

02:44there has been no demonstrable step from Pakistan

02:47to take action against the terrorist infrastructure on its territory

02:52or on territory under its control.

02:54Instead, all it has indulged in are denials and allegations.

02:59Our intelligence monitoring of Pakistan-based terrorist modules

03:03indicated that further attacks against India were impending.

03:09There was thus a compulsion both to deter and to preempt.

03:14Relatory, proportionate and responsible.

03:18They focused on dismantling the terrorist infrastructure

03:21and disabling terrorists likely to be sent across to India.

03:25You would also recall that the Security Council on 25th April 2025

03:31had issued a press statement on the Pahlkam terror attack,

03:35underlining, and I quote,

03:37the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors

03:42of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable

03:46and bring them to justice, unquote.

03:49India's latest actions should be seen in this context.

03:53Joining me for this briefing on our actions earlier this morning

03:58are Colonel Sophia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.

04:03I will request them to share some details regarding operations in truth with all of you.

04:08...forces to deliver justice to the victims of Pahlkam terror attack

04:12and their families.

04:13Nine terrorist camps were targeted and successfully destroyed.

04:1825 May 9 June 2024

04:38October 20th, 24th, 24th, 24th, October 24th,

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