Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has praised the country’s armed forces in a post on X, saying he was proud of them.
Operation Sindoor – India’s name for its strikes on Pakistan – is the country’s response to the “brutal killing of our innocent brothers in Pahalgam”, he wrote.
“The Modi government is resolved to give a befitting response to any attack on India and its people. Bharat [India’s name in the Hindi language] remains firmly committed to eradicating terrorism from its roots,” he added.
India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has said in a post on X that the world “must show zero tolerance for terrorism”.
He added an image with the words ‘Operation Sindoor’ – the name India is using to describe Wednesday’s strikes against Pakistan.
The image has a black background with the words ‘Operation Sindoor’ written in white. One of the Os in Sindoor is a round pot filled with vermilion powder worn by married Hindu women in the parting of their hair.
The depiction is being read as a reference to the women who were widowed after their husbands were shot dead by militants in Pahalgam. All the 26 people killed in the attack were men.
