NSA Doval speaks to Pakistani counterpart amid high tensions after Operation Sindoor

NSA Ajit Doval spoke to his Pakistani counterpart, Lieutenant General Asim Malik, amid heightened tensions following strikes on terror camps at nine locations under India’s Operation Sindoor in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in an interview.

Indian and Pakistani national security advisers have spoken after India carried out May 7 attacks, Pakistan's Deputy PM and FM Ishaq Dar says in an exclusive interview with TRT World's Kamran Yousaf pic.twitter.com/zvusH7bKzF

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Dar made the remarks during an interview with TRT World’s Kamran Yousaf.

The talks between the NSAs of the nuclear-armed neighbours could signal a potential de-escalation following India’s most successful counter-terror operation on Pakistani soil.

India conducted missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, with Indian forces aiming to target top Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders for their role in orchestrating terror attacks in India.

Precise strikes on terror

In the early hours of Wednesday, Indian forces carried out precise strikes on terrorist infrastructure across the border. The Ministry of Defence stated that the strikes were focused, measured, and non-escalatory, with no Pakistani military sites targeted.

These actions were a response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 25 Indians and one Nepali national.

15 killed as shelling continues at LoC

Pakistani troops continued cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir for the second day on Thursday, targeting civilian areas in Karnah after midnight, officials said.

Most residents in Karnah had already shifted to safer places on Wednesday, following the shelling that began after India’s ‘ Operation Sindoor’, which hit terror camps across the border.

Earlier, the Army said 15 Indians were killed and 43 others injured in heavy firing and shelling by Pakistani forces along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Tangdhar areas.