In Commemoration of the One-Year Attack on Pakistan, India Vows to Destroy the Terrorism Ecosystem

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Adampur air force base amid the "Operation Sindoor" attacking Pakistan on May 13, 2025. (Government of India-Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has reaffirmed his determination to defeat terrorism and the ecosystem that supports it in the momentum of one year since the deadly clash with his arch-enemy, Pakistan.

Relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors deteriorated sharply last year after an attack in the disputed area of Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, on April 22.

India blamed Pakistan for the attack by accusing it of supporting the conflict. However, Pakistan denied it. Since then, diplomatic relations between the two countries have warmed up and there has been a sharp increase in military activity.

The escalation of the conflict increased on May 7, 2025 after India launched the military operation "Operation Sindoor" with an attack targeting what New Delhi called a "terrorist camp" in Pakistan.

Pakistan responded with airstrikes, drone strikes, and heavy mortar fire.

"We remain steadfast in our determination to defeat terrorism and destroy the ecosystem that enables terrorism," Modi said on Thursday, May 7, a year after the launch of "Operation Sindoor", quoted by AFP.

The Hindu nationalist government of Modi uses Sindoor, the word in Hindi for the red powder that married Hindu women put on their foreheads, as a sign that they will take revenge on the widows who died in the April 22 attack.

"They gave a befitting response to those who dared to attack innocent Indians in Pahalgam. The entire nation salutes our forces for their bravery," Modi said.