Pahalgam Terror Attack Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a key security review meet in the wake of Pahalgam attack, on Tuesday said that the armed forces have “complete operational freedom to decide on the mode, targets and timing of response”, top government sources told NDTV.
The Prime Minister underlined that it is “our national resolve to deal a crushing blow to terrorism”, the sources added.
The message was delivered as the PM met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan.
Earlier on Monday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed PM Modi on the security preparedness in Jammu and Kashmir following the terror attack. The meeting came a day after Mr Singh met the Chief of General Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan to discuss the key decisions taken up by the military to counter Pakistan following the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam.
25 tourists and a Kashmiri local were shot dead in cold blood at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on April 22. This was one of the most ghastly terror attacks in the Kashmir Valley since Article 370 was revoked.
