Jaishankar also said India's relationship with China was better than it had been in 2025 and better still compared with 2024. However, he cautioned against treating that recovery as a fundamental change in the relationship.
The Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), which publishes the Global Terrorism Index, ranked Pakistan first with a score of 8.574, ahead of Burkina Faso.
Meanwhile, three paramilitary personnel and six terrorists were killed during an attack on the Sindh Rangers headquarters in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar area on Saturday.
Lieutenant General Ghai said that ‘Operation Sindoor’ was not the end, but only the beginning, and that India’s fight against terrorism will continue.
Defense Minister Singh stated that the only way to combat terrorism is to eliminate its operational, ideological, and political support.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh issued stern warning to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism from SCO Defence Minsiter's Meeting, saying, "terrorism epicentres are no longer immune to justifiable punishment."
India is observing on Wednesday one year of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, in which Pakistan-backed terrorists gunned down 26 innocent tourists after identifying their religion, in one of the most brutal incidents targeting civilians in recent years.
The report by the independent Congressional Research Service identifies Pakistan as both a base and a target for “numerous armed, nonstate militant groups,” some of which have been active since the 1980s.
Pakistan reportedly ranked number one on the Global Terrorism Index.While the total number of attacks saw a slight decline, 2025 marked the "sixth consecutive year" of rising terrorism deaths in Pakistan.
In a video released on Facebook, the outfit said that its fight is directed at the Pakistan Army, intelligence services, including the ISI and MI, and the police.
Remarks from PMML Deputy Secretary General Haris Dar have surfaced just a day after reports detailed Lashkar-e-Taiba’s alleged "water force" training in Pakistan.
Intelligence reports say Lashkar and Jaish commanders met in Bahawalpur to discuss fresh operations against India, with Pakistan-based networks rebuilding their launch pads and funding channels.
Taliban releases video of Pak ISIS fighter Saeedullah: Amid rising tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan security forces have captured an ISIS terrorist named Saeedullah, who had received training in Quetta, Pakistan, before illegally crossing into Afghanistan through the Torkham border. Following his arrest, the Taliban released a video showing his confession, which contains revelations that could cause major embarrassment and trouble for Pakistan.
Pakistan has seen a significant rise in militant activity in recent months, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, where security forces and law enforcement personnel have been frequent targets.
Recent attacks underscore the severity of the situation. This week, TTP militants killed six Pakistani soldiers in an ambush in Akakhel Khwangi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dozens of soldiers were injured, and more than 15 personnel went missing, with the army investigating whether they were abducted or deserted their posts.
Rejecting efforts to “sanitise history for geopolitical comfort,” Arizanti argued that the 1947 events were not a dispute but an outright invasion fuelled by Pakistan’s militarised ideology, one that viewed Hindu and Sikh communities not as citizens deserving protection, but as obstacles to a territorial conquest.
India demanded that Pakistan end the “grave and ongoing human rights violations” in the part of Kashmir it has illegally occupied. Meanwhile,N K Premachandranon Monday called Pakistan “the fountainhead of terror."
At around 2 am, eight Chinese-made LS-6 laser-guided bombs were dropped from JF-17 fighter jets, also manufactured in China. The air strikes targeted what officials claimed was a bomb-making facility linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a banned terror group operating in the region.
Bajaur District Police Officer Waqas Rafique confirmed to Dawn that the explosion was a deliberate act, carried out using an improvised explosive device (IED). “The blast was a targeted attack,” he stated.
Jaishankarwarned that the terrorism targeting India would eventually haunt the rest of the world, emphasizing that this issue is not confined to India-Pakistan relations but is a global concern.
Operation Sindoor gave Pakistan a reality check Google Maps was forced to acknowledge.