Overview
- India’s top brass used Thursday’s first‑anniversary briefings to warn that no terror sanctuary across the frontier is safe after the 2025 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people.
- At a Jaipur commanders’ conference on Friday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released a joint doctrine for integrated communications and urged AI‑driven, multi‑domain readiness.
- Indian officials reiterated that Operation Sindoor destroyed nine terror camps and, in their account, hit 11 Pakistani airfields and 13 aircraft, figures Pakistan rejects as false; India also says more than 100 terrorists were killed.
- Pakistan mounted a parallel press event that mocked India’s ‘Sindoor’ nomenclature and English‑language briefing and repeated claims of downing Indian jets, while its Foreign Office said talks were possible if they were meaningful.
- Beyond the completed strikes, India has kept pressure through exercises like January’s tri‑service Trishul, fresh procurements and counter‑drone work, plus diplomatic and economic moves such as curbing trade and leveraging water treaty mechanisms.