US President Donald Trump on Wednesday reacted to India's recent missile attacks on Pakistan, terming the move as anticipated and demanding a quick resolution.
Speaking in a couple of sentences to reporters at the White House during an unrelated event, Trump stated:
It's a pity," he said. "We just heard about it as we were entering the doors of the Oval … They've been struggling for a long time. … I just hope it gets over very soon."
The Indian Embassy in Washington D.C. made a statement shortly after the military strike, according to which National Security Adviser Ajit Doval apprised US Secretary of State and NSA Marco Rubio of the attacks.
Right after the attacks, NSA Ajit Doval had a call to US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and apprised him of the action, "the embassy added.".
India insisted that it has robust intelligence and evidence pointing towards Pakistani terrorists for the attack.
"Credible inputs, technical intelligence, eyewitness accounts and other evidence point towards clear Pakistani terrorist nexus in this attack," the statement further said.
The embassy went on to say that rather than taking action against the attackers, Pakistan employed denial and spread false allegations of a false flag operation during the fortnight after the attack.
President Trump's reaction was the first publicly announced response of an American official since the Indian strikes. Earlier, State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce had restated the growing tensions, calling the situation "a dynamic, serious issue.".
Indian Army had already stated that it initiated precision strikes on nine terror-associated sites deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a response to the Pahalgam massacre. The retaliatory operation, codenamed 'Operation Sindoor', was initiated early in the morning.
A few days ago, the Indian Armed Forces started 'Operation Sindoor', targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where the operations of terrorism against India had been being orchestrated and plotted," the Army's official statement explained.
In a forceful post on its official X (ex-Twitter) handle, the Indian Army wrote:
"Justice is Served. Jai Hind."
The Army explained that its action was calculated and in control:
"Nine (9) targets have been hit together. Our operations have been measured and non-provocative in nature. No Pakistan military installation has been hit. India has exercised maximum restraint in choice of the target and mode of attack."
It reiterated that the attacks were the direct result of the ghastly Pahalgam terror attack:
"We are fulfilling the promise that those responsible for this attack will be brought to justice. There will be a detailed briefing on 'Operation Sindoor' later today."
In the meantime, Pakistan's military forces also owned up to the incident. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry acknowledged that Indian missiles had hit areas such as Kotli, Bahawalpur, and Muzaffarabad.
Indian missile attacks were launched at Kotli, Bahwalpur and Muzaffarabad in a heinous attack amidst increased tensions between the two nations following a militant attack in occupied Kashmir, the Pakistani Army announced.
It follows the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 civilians—primarily tourists—dead, triggering new old hostilities between the two nuclear neighbors.
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