News Analysis | Parsing the Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale's statement on the Balakot strike
5 years, 10 months ago

News Analysis | Parsing the Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale's statement on the Balakot strike

The Hindu  

Both the format and the wording of Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s statement on Tuesday announcing the Indian Air Force's strikes on a terror training camp in Balakot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, indicated a restrained determination from New Delhi aimed at avoiding a military escalation. However, like the DGMO, Mr. Gokhale began with a preamble on Pakistan’s refusal to take action against the Jaish-e-Mohammed, despite evidence and information about the group responsible for the Parliament attack in 2001, Pathankot Airbase attack in 2016 and the most recent attack in Pulwama, being shared from “time to time” with Pakistani authorities, who turned a blind eye to Indian concerns and took “no concrete actions to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil.” Mr. Gokhale said, “Information regarding the location of training camps in Pakistan and PoJK has been provided to Pakistan from time to time. The existence of such massive training facilities capable of training hundreds of Jihadis could not have functioned without the knowledge of Pakistan authorities.” Next, Mr. Gokhale referred to the fact that the strike was pre-emptive and necessitated by the “credible intelligence” that the JeM was planning, at its training camp, more such attacks on India, where “fidayeen jihadis” were being trained. Finally, Mr. Gokhale’s phrase “non-military pre-emptive action” aimed only at the JeM camp, not at military targets, and assiduously avoiding civilian casualties, is significant.

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1 year, 8 months ago

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 11 months ago

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India Today  

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2 years ago

Gen Naravane's message to enemy: ‘If anyone tries to harm India…’

Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 10 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Backchannel talk between India, Pakistan was on before Balakot air strikes, says book
3 years, 4 months ago

Backchannel talk between India, Pakistan was on before Balakot air strikes, says book

The Hindu  

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3 years, 10 months ago

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News 18  

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3 years, 10 months ago

India’s Balakot Action: A Gift For BJP That Keeps On Giving

The Quint  

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3 years, 10 months ago

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India Today  

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Hindustan Times  

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4 years, 1 month ago

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Live Mint  

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4 years, 1 month ago

Indian Army carrying out 'pinpoint strikes' on terror launchpads in PoK: Report

India Today  

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4 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan reactivates Balakot terror camps destroyed in IAF airstrikes

India Today  

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4 years, 10 months ago

Balakot's message was 'ghar mein ghus kar marenge, wherever you are': Ex-Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa

Op India  

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5 years ago

Opinion | Delhi’s unpredictability unnerving Islamabad

Live Mint  

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5 years, 2 months ago

Unprovoked, indiscriminate: How Pakistani media reacted to Indian Army's strike on terror launchpads

India Today  

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India took precaution in carrying out Balakot strikes, but things may change: Rajnath warns Pak
5 years, 3 months ago

India took precaution in carrying out Balakot strikes, but things may change: Rajnath warns Pak

India TV News  

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5 years, 3 months ago

Security forces fully prepared says Rajnath Singh on reactivation of Pakistan terror camps

India TV News  

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'Completely baseless': Pak rejects Indian Army's statement on reactivation of terror camp in Balakot
5 years, 3 months ago

'Completely baseless': Pak rejects Indian Army's statement on reactivation of terror camp in Balakot

India TV News  

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“We had the bull’s eye. All over in 90 seconds”, Balakot airstrike pilots confirm that they had hit the terror camps
5 years, 6 months ago

“We had the bull’s eye. All over in 90 seconds”, Balakot airstrike pilots confirm that they had hit the terror camps

Op India  

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5 years, 6 months ago

High alert in J&K as Pak shares intel with India, US on possible terror attack in Pulwama

India TV News  

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Nirmala Sitharaman on Balakot: Pakistan mocking itself by taking journalists to madrassas India didn't even target
5 years, 8 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman on Balakot: Pakistan mocking itself by taking journalists to madrassas India didn't even target

Firstpost  

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that onus to prove whether a terrorist camp was hit during the Balakot air strikes was on Pakistan. New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that onus to prove whether a terrorist camp was hit during the Balakot air strikes was on Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/xblwCUUtrO — ANI April 17, 2019 When questioned about the Indian government …

263 terrorists were present in Balakot camp, Pakistan burned and dumped bodies, say reports
5 years, 9 months ago

263 terrorists were present in Balakot camp, Pakistan burned and dumped bodies, say reports

Op India  

In line with the proofs regarding the Balakot air strikes steadily trickling down, more incontrovertible evidence confirming the air strikes has surfaced today. #BalakotTape SUPER EXCLUSIVE Balakot Tape: Secret source confirms ‘Pakistan burnt bodies and dumped them in river; ISI & JeM in fear’ and names terrorists killed in IAF’s Balakot blitzhttps://t.co/NzXhVZv5cU — Republic March 11, 2019 The audio account …

Balakot strike did not yield desired results as violence still continues in Jammu and Kashmir, says Praveen Togadia
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot strike did not yield desired results as violence still continues in Jammu and Kashmir, says Praveen Togadia

Firstpost  

Without naming then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Hindutva leader praised the country’s leadership during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, which led to the creation of Bangladesh. Bhopal: Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia Friday said the air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan has not yielded desired results as terror attacks have not stopped in Jammu and …

Hype after Balakot: War politics' can backfire
5 years, 10 months ago

Hype after Balakot: War politics' can backfire

Deccan Chronicle  

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Jaish-e-Mohammed does not exist in Pakistan, claims army spokesperson; says ball now in India's court to de-escalate tension
5 years, 10 months ago

Jaish-e-Mohammed does not exist in Pakistan, claims army spokesperson; says ball now in India's court to de-escalate tension

Firstpost  

Jaish-e-Muhammed which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama attack does not exist in Pakistan, the military’s spokesperson has said, days after Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi admitted that the terror outfit’s chief is present in the country Islamabad: Jaish-e-Mohammed which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama attack does not exist in Pakistan, the military’s spokesperson has said, days after Foreign Minister Shah …

Balakot air strikes; Where are bodies of Pakistani militants IAF says it killed in air strikes, ask villagers: Reuters report
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot air strikes; Where are bodies of Pakistani militants IAF says it killed in air strikes, ask villagers: Reuters report

Firstpost  

The only confirmed victim of India’s air strike against Pakistan is still unsure why he was shaken awake in the early hours of Tuesday by an explosion that rocked his mud brick house and left him with a cut above his right eye. What terrorists can you see here?” said 62-year-old Nooran Shah, a resident of Jaba village, near the …

Hit hard at Pak terror, but keep hype in check
5 years, 10 months ago

Hit hard at Pak terror, but keep hype in check

Deccan Chronicle  

The Indian Air Force strike on Balakot has not turned out to be as complete a success as one would have hoped. The Pakistani media fed by its military establishment reported that no terrorist infrastructure or camp at Balakot was hit by IAF Mirages that intruded deep into Pakistani territory. The international media also lapped up the Pakistani claim that …

Indian strike targeting Jaish in Balakot: First satellite images fuel debate
5 years, 10 months ago

Indian strike targeting Jaish in Balakot: First satellite images fuel debate

India Today  

A patchwork of roofs. Far away from this aerial tableau, a furious debate among Indian politicians has focused on a single question -- did an airstrike ordered by New Delhi on the hilltop training camp successfully kill Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists? Satellite expert Col. Vinayak Bhat tweeted images of the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp on Wednesday, saying they indicated "likely damage" that wasn't …

Foreign secretary's statement on Balakot strike is govt's official stand, clarifies Nirmala Sitharaman; stays mum on exact toll
5 years, 10 months ago

Foreign secretary's statement on Balakot strike is govt's official stand, clarifies Nirmala Sitharaman; stays mum on exact toll

Firstpost  

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Balakot airstrike, where the Indian Air Force targeted and destroyed a JeM camp in Pakistan last week, was “not a military action” as there was no damage to civilians Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Balakot airstrike, where the Indian Air Force targeted and destroyed a JeM camp …

Balakot airstrike 'not military action' as no damage to civilians: Nirmala Sitharaman
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot airstrike 'not military action' as no damage to civilians: Nirmala Sitharaman

India TV News  

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Balakot airstrike, where the Indian Air Force targeted and destroyed a JeM camp in Pakistan last week, was "not a military action" as there was no damage to civilians. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale had not given any casualty figure in the airstrike and he had only given a statement, which was the …

Balakot air strike: Opposition walking into Narendra Modi's trap by questioning attack on JeM camp
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot air strike: Opposition walking into Narendra Modi's trap by questioning attack on JeM camp

Firstpost  

Modi’s rallies since the Balakot strikes have been aimed at solidifying the national sentiment that seeks to teach Pakistan a lesson for bleeding India relentlessly. “A young India, with a large digitally enabled middle class is asking for growth and change,” as PwC writes in its report ‘Future of India - the Winning Leap.’ A simultaneous churn that emanates from …

At least four Jaish terrorists arrested between 2014-17 were trained in Balakot terror camp struck by India’s airstrikes: Report
5 years, 10 months ago

At least four Jaish terrorists arrested between 2014-17 were trained in Balakot terror camp struck by India’s airstrikes: Report

Op India  

India’s ‘non-military pre-emptive strikes’ against the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps deep inside Pakistani territories may have killed a huge number of Islamic terrorists who had intended to inflict terror on the Indian Soil. Interestingly, an Indian Express report suggests that at least four terrorists caught in the last fours years were all trained at Balakot. According to the report, at least …

Opinion | Terror, the common thread linking Pulwama, Balakot
5 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Terror, the common thread linking Pulwama, Balakot

Live Mint  

A little over a fortnight ago, a suicide bomber belonging to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked a convoy transiting Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 40 members of the security forces. In the process, India, by justifying its unprecedented aggression as an act to maim Jaish-e-Mohammed, which had claimed ownership of the Pulwama attack, unequivocally established the connection between Pakistan and its …

Pakistan-India news: Two Indian air force planes shot down over Kashmir as tensions soar
5 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan-India news: Two Indian air force planes shot down over Kashmir as tensions soar

The Independent  

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India should persevere with Balakot-like strategy to bust Pakistan terror modules, actively take up Baloch, Pashtun causes
5 years, 10 months ago

India should persevere with Balakot-like strategy to bust Pakistan terror modules, actively take up Baloch, Pashtun causes

Firstpost  

The world should also realize that Baloch movement is about a freedom struggle and even if India cannot invite them to set up base here, at least the leaders in exile should be provided a platform to counter Pakistan’s rhetoric New Delhi: While Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was talking of peace in Parliament on Thursday, a terror outfit Al-Badr …

Narendra Modi defines New India’s stand on terrorism, hails Abhinandan
5 years, 10 months ago

Narendra Modi defines New India’s stand on terrorism, hails Abhinandan

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defined India’s new strategy against cross-border terrorism—“return the damage done by the terrorist with interest” —as he hailed Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force Wing Commander who returned to India after two days in Pakistani custody. Analysts have described the Balakot air strike as drawing new red lines in India’s fight against …

MPs’ panel raises questions on Balakot
5 years, 10 months ago

MPs’ panel raises questions on Balakot

The Hindu  

The Centre must circulate evidence of the damage suffered by the Jaish-e Mohammad camp in Balakot to the international community to end speculation in the international press about the number of casualties in the Indian Air Force attack, members of the Standing Committee on External Affairs said on Friday. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and other senior officials of the External …

Time to show maturity and start de-escalation
5 years, 10 months ago

Time to show maturity and start de-escalation

Deccan Chronicle  

India-Pakistan relations, turbulent over the entire tenure of Narendra Modi's prime ministership, reached a crisis point after the dastardly attack at Pulwama on a CRPF convoy on February 14. Early next morning was launched the well-planned attack by the Indian Air Force on two points near the Line of Control and a massive bombing of the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp at …

Jaish camp hit by IAF strike a hub of terror training
5 years, 10 months ago

Jaish camp hit by IAF strike a hub of terror training

Hindustan Times  

The Jaish-e-Mohammed facility at Balakot in Pakistan, which was targeted by an Indian air strike on Tuesday, was the venue for a gathering last year during which top JeM leaders extolled the role of the local madrasa in producing jihadi fighters sent to Jammu and Kashmir. JeM chief Masood Azhar’s younger brother Abdul Rauf Asghar and his brother-in-law Yusuf Azhar …

Full Text: MEA issues demarche to Pakistan on act of aggression against India, objects to 'vulgar' display of injured IAF pilot
5 years, 10 months ago

Full Text: MEA issues demarche to Pakistan on act of aggression against India, objects to 'vulgar' display of injured IAF pilot

Firstpost  

India also strongly objected to Pakistan’s vulgar display of an injured personnel of the Indian Air Force in violation of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention. In a strongly worded statement, India on Wednesday summoned Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan to lodge a strong protest at the country’s “unprovoked act of aggression” and strongly objected to …

India hands over dossier to Pakistan with details of JeM role in Pulwama attack
5 years, 10 months ago

India hands over dossier to Pakistan with details of JeM role in Pulwama attack

Live Mint  

India on Wednesday handed over to Pakistan a dossier on "specific details" of involvement of the Jaish-e-Mohammad in the Pulwama terror attack on CRPF as also the presence of camps of the UN-proscribed terror outfit in that country. The dossier was handed over to the Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan, who was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs to …

Ratan Tata hails IAF for strikes against terror camps in Pakistan
5 years, 10 months ago

Ratan Tata hails IAF for strikes against terror camps in Pakistan

India TV News  

Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata Wednesday praised the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hailed the Indian Air Force for carrying out strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed's terror camp in Pakistan. "We congratulate the PM and the IAF for the successful air strikes on the terrorist training camps which Pakistan has claimed never existed! India is proud of the firm action taken …

India seeks immediate, safe return of IAF pilot Abhinandan from Pakistan
5 years, 10 months ago

India seeks immediate, safe return of IAF pilot Abhinandan from Pakistan

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India on Wednesday summoned the acting high commissioner of Pakistan and demanded immediate and safe return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman detained by Pakistan following an aerial engagement by the air forces of the two countries. It has also been made clear to Pakistan that no harm should be caused to Abhinandan, the ministry of external …

Pak Must Ensure Pilot in Custody Isn’t Harmed: Full MEA Statement
5 years, 10 months ago

Pak Must Ensure Pilot in Custody Isn’t Harmed: Full MEA Statement

The Quint  

“The Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned this afternoon by MEA to lodge a strong protest at the unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan against India earlier today, including by violation of the Indian air space by Pakistan Air Force and targeting of Indian military posts. It is unfortunate that instead of fulfilling its international obligation and bilateral commitment …

Rajnath Singh reviews security situation a day after air strike on JeM camp in Pakistan
5 years, 10 months ago

Rajnath Singh reviews security situation a day after air strike on JeM camp in Pakistan

The Hindu  

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked the Director Generals of the Border Security Force and the Centra Reserve Police Force to be on high alert. In his regular morning meeting, Mr. Singh reviewed the security situation in the country, especially along the border with Pakistan, officials said. In a swift air strike, India pounded Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest training camp in …

US urges India, Pakistan to avoid further military confrontation
5 years, 10 months ago

US urges India, Pakistan to avoid further military confrontation

Live Mint  

In a statement unlikely to provide any comfort to Pakistan that has accused India of committing an act of aggression by bombing a terrorist camp in its territory, the US on Wednesday urged India and Pakistan to engage in “direct communication” and avoid any “further” military confrontation. In a statement, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had spoken …

Sushma Swaraj briefs China on Balakot air strike, says India does not want ‘escalation’
5 years, 10 months ago

Sushma Swaraj briefs China on Balakot air strike, says India does not want ‘escalation’

The Hindu  

Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday blamed Pakistan’s inaction against the Jaish-e-Mohammad — the international terror group responsible for the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 — for triggering the strikes by the Indian Air Force across the Line of Control in the early hours of Tuesday, and reiterated that New Delhi was averse to any escalation of …

Tensions escalate as Indian airstrike hits inside Pakistan
5 years, 10 months ago

Tensions escalate as Indian airstrike hits inside Pakistan

Associated Press  

BALAKOT, Pakistan — Tensions escalated sharply on the Asian subcontinent Tuesday with nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and India trading accusations and warnings after a pre-dawn airstrike by India that New Delhi said targeted a terrorist training camp. Pakistan said there were no casualties, while New Delhi called the attack a pre-emptive strike that hit a terrorist training camp and killed “a …

IAF strike on JeM’s Balakot terror camp involved over 200 hours of planning: Sources
5 years, 10 months ago

IAF strike on JeM’s Balakot terror camp involved over 200 hours of planning: Sources

Hindustan Times  

The pre-dawn attack air strike by Indian Air Force on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on early Tuesday involved over 200 hours of planning that began following intelligence inputs regarding a second suicide terror strike somewhere in India. The Indian Air Force carried out a pre-dawn air strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest terror camp in …

India adds offence to its strategic lexicon
5 years, 10 months ago

India adds offence to its strategic lexicon

Live Mint  

By launching air strikes against terror training base in Pakistan, India has rewritten the rules of the sub-continent’s Great Game and in the process strategically repositioning itself in the region. The strikes by five Mirage fighters is also being seen as an attempt by India to draw fresh red lines to redefine the security calculus, raising the conflict threshold beyond …

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