The rules of engagement with Pakistan underwent a rude reset on Tuesday after the Indian Air Force (IAF) struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) training centre located in that country, killing up to 300 terrorists, especially since Prime Minister Narendra Modi had begun his tenure in 2014 on a conciliatory note inviting then Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to be part of the swearing-in ceremony.
With Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terror growing unabated and getting bolder, Indian special forces responded to the 2016 attack on the Uri brigade headquarters with surgical strikes at terror camps based just beyond the Line of Control (LoC). In the latest strike, India has escalated its response with air power inside Pakistan.
