India's Strikes Achieve Goal

The guns have finally fallen silent - at least for now.

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And it is something to be celebrated. More so, when it ended after India achieved all its political objectives. After four days of intense cross-border hostilities that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of a wider war, both nations agreed to halt all military actions on land, air, and sea on May 10. The escalating spiral alarmed the world, forcing the countries like the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to mediate to defuse the crisis. However, the announcement of truce followed a rare direct call between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two countries, marking a much-needed de-escalation after the launch of India's Operation Sindoor in response to the brutal terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22 that killed 25 tourists and one pony