Operation Sindoor and Ceasefire: Pros and Cons and Future Prospects

The unprecedented terrorist attack in Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam, by the Pakistan-sponsored terrorists and the subsequent diplomatic strategic response by India as Operation Sindoor has reshaped and carved India's strategy against any act of terrorism as an act of war and to be dealt with zero tolerance, clubbed with immediate punitive diplomatic and military action to any depth and dimension even beyond the international border within the Pakistan without any fear of nuclear escalation by Pakistan.

- MAJ. GEN. J.K.S. PARIHAR

India has rightly exercised its right of military action under Article 51 of the United Nations charter, which accepts the right to act for self-defence in the face of armed attack. India is now successfully managed the ground and marine time defence as well as extended constant necessary input and ensured full proof counter-defence mechanisms against any problem military threat by Pakistan.

On the other side, Pakistan has suffered major setbacks in protecting its aerial boundaries. Pak air defence system, ground surveillance, and counter-attack mechanism demonstrated the most devastating and effective measures.

There is no doubt that war is not the ultimate solution for any international dispute or conflict. Undoubtedly, the military action is a highly essential and effective tool to facilitate the road map of peace by getting the rivals to the negotiating table to establish the ultimate mechanism to resolve any crisis. Any such negotiation is invariably based on the principle of mutual concern, gains and losses, bargaining power, and ultimate prospects. No negotiation will be possible without the intervention and support of other countries.

Under this optics the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan has to be visualized and re-assessed in terms of its timing, essentiality, gains and losses, extent and ultimate sustainability in the future.