Prevented nuclear conflict between India & Pakistan, claims Trump

Modi says the forces had been given full freedom to wipe out terrorists

- SHAHID K ABBAS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, asserting that India will "not tolerate any nuclear blackmail" and will deliver a "befitting response to any terror attack on its territory.

In his first address to the nation since the India-Pakistan ceasefire was announced, the Prime Minister outlined three key pillars of India's security doctrine, emphasizing, "We won't differentiate between governments that sponsor terrorism and terrorist masterminds."

Calling Operation Sindoor a "new precedent in the fight against terrorism," Modi declared, "Operation Sindoor is an unwavering pledge for justice."

The address followed four days of hostilities and came after Operation Sindoor, a retaliatory strike launched on May 7 targeting nine terrorist infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in response to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.