Pakistan's policy to bleed India by a thousand cuts keeps it antagonistic

Observing that terrorism has "no defined logic" and hence cannot be a "rational act of warfare", Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said Pakistan's policy of not having good relations with India springs from its decision "to bleed India by a thousand cuts".

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"In 1965, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto declared a thousand-year war against India when he addressed the United Nations Security Council," said the CDS while addressing a gathering at Pune University.

"Is terrorism a rational act of warfare? I don't think that's, because terrorism has no defined logic. As far as our adversary is concerned, it has taken the decision to bleed India by a thousand cuts," he said.

Holding Pakistan General Asim Munir responsible for initiating the recent conflict, the CDS pointed towards General Munir's speech wherein he spoke against Hindus and India.

"Venom was spewed by General Asim Munir against India and Hindus in a speech weeks before what happened in Pahalgam," General Chauhan said, reiterating India's stance on terror that water and blood cannot flow together.

"We have raised the bar as we have connected terror to war," he observed, while iterating India's resolve that any terror attack would now onwards be considered as an act of war.