Pahalgam terror spurs new security playbook

While agencies such as the Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing respond to threats, they would now also look for them. This would mean stopping the threat before a strike takes place

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The Pahalgam attack was a major learning curve for the security agencies in India, While the military doctrine changed following the attack that claimed 26 innocent lives, the strategy, too, is evolving from response to prediction.

In Jammu and Kashmir, life has started to look up. There was peace, and tourism was booming. In hindsight, this was also a ploy by Pakistan to lure the Indian agencies into believing that peace had been completely restored in the Valley.

The idea was to catch the agencies off guard and then carry out a big strike, This event in cybersecurity is known as a Zero-Day event, whereby an unknown vulnerability is exploited by the attackers.

The ISI had told its terror groups to remain dormant and lure the security agencies to believe that all is well. Post the Pahalgam attack, India’s response was solid. The Indian armed forces undertook Operation Sindoor, which exposed to the world Pakistan’s every vulnerability. Terror camps, headquarters, training facilities, and terrorists were precisely hit by the armed forces both in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).