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Has anything changed after bombing of a terror camp in Pakistan by IAF?

Eventually, terrorism against India will be restored, possibly in more virulent forms, either unclaimed or, more likely, under 'domestic' fronts.

The air strike on a JeM camp in Pakistan is a paradigm shift in India’s policy in conducting counter-terror operations
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The air strike on a JeM camp in Pakistan is a paradigm shift in India’s policy in conducting counter-terror operations

Ajai Sahni
Crippling pressure is the way forward

The aerial strikes targeting the Jaish camp at Jaba, in retaliation to the Pulwama suicide bombing, were certainly unprecedented. The primary justification for the strikes, despite the ludicrous diplomatese of ‘non-military pre-emptive strikes’, was, first, vengeance; and second, deterrence. 

It is increasingly apparent that any claims of disproportionate ‘vengeance’ having been exacted have been vastly exaggerated, and at least some independent evidence that the aerial strikes entirely missed their mark. 

As for deterrence, despite Imran Khan’s ‘statesmanlike’ postures and offers of peace, and the hysterical claims of some Indian TV anchors that Pakistan has
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