Pakistan on the Backfoot After Operation Sindoor: Global Silence Signals Support for India’s Counter-Terror Strikes
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI — Following India’s precision counter-terror operation, codenamed Operation Sindoor, Pakistan finds itself diplomatically cornered. It is also scrambling for narrative control. The Indian Armed Forces conducted successful air and artillery strikes on nine terrorist hideouts in Pakistan. They also targeted locations in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). These actions have triggered a predictable but largely unheeded response from Islamabad. Despite its immediate condemnation of India’s actions, Pakistan has so far failed to galvanize any meaningful international support. Analysts suggest that New Delhi carefully selected targets, focusing exclusively on terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen. This choice…
