India rewrites the rulebook on counterterrorism

“This is certainly not the era of war… But this is not the era of terrorism either.” said the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi in a recent addressto the Indian nation on the backdrop of a horrendous terror attack on 22nd April 2025 in the Pahalgam city of Kashmir, India. This attack was the biggest terrorist attack on civilians in India since the 26th November 2008 attacks in Mumbai.

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