- 5/15/2025
Three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces early Thursday in Nadir village, Tral area of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir. The anti-terror operation is still ongoing amid reports that more militants may be hiding in the area.
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00:00I have news coming in from South Kashmir's Pulwama.
00:03Three terrorists believed to be from the Jaish-e-Mohammad and proxy outfits have been neutralised.
00:08After three terrorists believed to be from the Lashkar group were neutralised in Shopian
00:12yesterday.
00:13Remember, Jaish and Lashkar terrorists want to create more disturbances and problems,
00:18especially after their terror targets were attacked and how in Indian missile attacks.
00:23But right now, armed forces, we are told, have gunned down at least three right now
00:29in Pulwama and these terrorists believed to be from the Jaish-e-Mohammad group.
00:33Remember, how Jaish works right now is, Jaish-e-Mohammad directly will appear not to be launching either
00:40active terrorists or terror attacks.
00:41It's the proxy outfits they have launched to evade scrutiny on the big outfit.
00:46But remember, whether we call it the Kashmir Tigers or the Resistance Front, these are
00:51just proxy names.
00:52Eventually, they all have the main backing from Jaish-e-Mohammad and from the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
00:59We are told one more presently is trapped in trial.
01:01All of this focus in South Kashmir and we'll go across to our colleagues in just a short
01:06while to help understand.
01:07I want to make it very clear, while of course the encounter is on, we are only putting out
01:12deferred images, no latest updated information in the sense that can hamper the operational
01:17details and security.
01:18Mir Fareed is joining me from Kashmir.
01:20Fareed, good morning.
01:21Tell me more about how the action is today in Trial after yesterday in Shopian.
01:28Good morning Pooja.
01:29We as of today again, the operation was started by security forces.
01:34Again, an intel input about the presence of a local Jaish-e-Mohammad group in the Nadar
01:39village of Trial in South Kashmir took the security forces in and as the search was started,
01:45they were greeted with gunfire and the encounter ensued.
01:48Last couple of hours, the gunfight has been on.
01:50I can share with you with confirmation that two of the local Jaish-e-Kader have been gunned
01:56down in this particular operation.
01:58There could be one more or even two, but sources say that the inputs were about the moment
02:03of three.
02:04So two have been gunned down, one more could be there and to end this resistance, efforts
02:09are on.
02:10As you rightly said, last 24 to 36 hours have seen operations, one after the other, started
02:15from Shopian where in the Kelarkandi area, three Lashkar terrorists, all of them locals
02:22have been gunned down and post that within 24 hours, another operation in South Kashmir
02:28Trial area where these three, again, probably locals, though once the bodies are retrieved,
02:35the identification will be done, but our sources say that they had inputs about the moment
02:39of this local Jaish group and post that, these operations were launched.
02:44So there clearly is a spurt and this is expected as there are clear directions from the Home
02:51Ministry to the security forces to up the ante and go for a sweep sanitisation operation
02:57across South Kashmir to ensure that you have the right security atmosphere for the upcoming
03:02Amarnath Yatra which will happen in July.
03:05Pooja?
03:06Fareed is tracking all the latest on this from the valley.
03:09This is pertinent.
03:10If you are at a juncture like this, there are high alerts in the valley and Jaish and
03:15Lashkar will try to put in more of their active terrorists on the ground.
03:19So, of course, it's a matter that security agencies have been on.
03:22Thank you very much, Fareed, for now.
03:31US President Donald Trump possibly believes this is his opportunity to claim how India,
03:36Pakistan have had a certain ceasefire understanding because of him.
03:40Even though India has put forth a clarification.
03:43Donald Trump's trade as talks tool claim is being debunked.
03:48Remember, this is not even India right now speaking.
03:51An ex-Pentagon official clearly involved at a higher level with regard to their national
03:56security has come out in support of India and this is big news.
04:01This is an exclusive that I'm talking about.
04:03The Pentagon insider has said trade never came up in talks.
04:08Ruben adding that it scared Pakistan running for ceasefire.
04:12Remember, this is important.
04:14It's basically that means that observers within the USA also are realizing that Donald
04:20Trump is rushing for claim, for credits on claims that do not primarily stand.
04:25There have been talks.
04:26I want to add here, there has been a talk, a discussion between India and the USA.
04:30But was it Trump that led to the certain ceasefire right now?
04:34I want to immediately go across to this exclusive conversation with what did this former Pentagon
04:39official say?
04:41Donald Trump likes to claim credit for everything.
04:45If you ask Donald Trump, he single-handedly won the World Cup.
04:51He invented the internet.
04:53He cured cancer.
04:55The fact of the matter is, Indians should be more like Americans in this regard and
05:00not take Donald Trump literally.
05:03The man is a braggart and a blowhard.
05:08But behind that bravado, what he's signaling is the United States was helping media, where
05:16I think Donald Trump made a very bad mistake, however, by suggesting that he would use trade
05:23to compel a ceasefire.
05:27It's going to be very difficult for Pakistanis to convince themselves that they won this
05:34four-day war.
05:37The reason is, India was able to, with precision, decimate the terror headquarters and training
05:46camps.
05:47When Pakistan responded, India was able to blunt their response.
05:54And then when Pakistan continued to try to retaliate, India was able to put their airfields
06:01out of commission.
06:04Pakistan went running to try to achieve a ceasefire like a scared dog with its tail
06:10between its legs.
06:12And the fact of the matter is, there is absolutely no spin that the Pakistani military can put
06:21on what occurred to shield themselves from the full reality of the fact that they not
06:28only lost, but they lost very, very badly.
06:32My greatest hope is to be a peacemaker and to be a unifier.
06:37I don't like war.
06:40Just days ago, my administration successfully brokered a historic ceasefire to stop the
06:45escalating violence between India and Pakistan.
06:49And I used trade to a large extent to do it.
06:52I said, fellas, come on, let's make a deal.
06:55Let's do some trading.
06:57Let's not trade nuclear missiles.
06:59Let's trade the things that you make so beautifully.
07:03And they both have very powerful leaders, very strong leaders, good leaders, smart leaders.
07:09And it all stopped.
07:13Hopefully it'll remain that way, but it all stopped.
07:15I was very proud of Marco Rubio and all of the people that worked so hard.
07:19Shivani Sharma joins me for the latest on that.
07:22Shivani, at this juncture, while we know that Donald Trump and Prime Minister Modi have
07:26had a certain bonhomie, India and U.S. relationship has become better.
07:30But why do you think India has been put in for the clarification?
07:33And what does it mean when a former Pentagon official says Donald Trump will take credit
07:39for anything?
07:41Pooja, this is actually an objection that has been raised by the U.S. official himself
07:47on whatever the United States president had been claiming, and especially the kind of
07:51words that he had chosen, not only on his social, but later on also in his addresses.
07:58So India has already rejected these claims of the United States being the mediator or
08:03being the peacemaker or bringing out those claims of giving trade to us.
08:08But yes, now we are getting these statements from the former senators themselves who are
08:12saying that it was Pakistan which was inflicted with heavy damages after the successful military
08:17operations that the Indian armed forces carried out.
08:20And that was the reason why it requested for a DGMO level talk and why he requested for
08:25a peace understanding.
08:27So this is how in the United States, President Trump's claims are now being rejected and
08:32objected by his own countrymen, by the leaders of his own country.
08:37And India has already registered its complaint, registered its concern about the claims that
08:42are being falsely raised by United States.
08:47Keep tracking all the latest on that.
08:48Shivani is also telling us importantly, remember, at this juncture, how possibly there are experts
08:53and observers across the world who can see what happened on the ground.
08:57And it will be perhaps a reminder, best for us, that USA may not come in direct support
09:04of India right now.
09:07At this juncture, remember, while Donald Trump has put forth and said that it is because
09:12of him and the trade threat that the ceasefire understanding has reached, I want to tell
09:17you about some exclusive details about Operation Sindhu.
09:20India today has access, unheard and unknown details till now of India's punitive and
09:24precise strikes on Operation Sindhu.
09:26How it rained hellfire on Pakistan, forcing it to seek the ceasefire.
09:30A crucial mission was completed, ladies and gentlemen, you should know, in 23 minutes
09:35during Operation Sindhu.
09:37When the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was involved in this live battle for the first
09:41time as it carried out pinpoint strikes on Pakistan, decimating, causing heavy damage
09:46to at least Noor Khan base in Rawalpindi.
09:50Indian Air Force also successfully bypassed, jammed Pakistan's Chinese-supplied air defence
09:55system.
09:56This is crucial.
09:57It's not just about the strike.
09:58Because Pakistan also tried to hit India, but it was our defence systems that protected
10:03it.
10:04India hit 11 Pakistan airbases successfully on 10th of May in response to their shelling
10:09attack across the border areas and of course, the Pahalgam massacre.
10:13Satellite images now confirming damages to critical airbases in Rafiq-e-Mureed, Noor
10:18Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukhush, Unian, Passarur and Sialkot.
10:22Remember, these are not just Indian companies' satellite images, but international-based
10:26companies as well.
10:27Former US official calling Pakistan a scared dog seeking a ceasefire and willed the help
10:32of the USA.
10:33He's labelled Pakistan's military a cancer to its own citizen, confirming that Pakistan
10:38has lost badly in the recent conflict.
10:41More and more voices coming out in support of India.
10:44Well, I think the operation was long overdue.
10:49That's the first thing.
10:50It needed to happen.
10:52That is the second thing.
10:53And thirdly, I think the operation has been pretty successful from as best as I can understand
10:59it, which is not the impression that if you look at the more global media, it has been
11:07less than supportive of India, I think.
11:11But I see this, and that's what I said in that social media post that I put out.
11:16I think this was India striking a blow for civilisation, actually.
11:22It was a lot more than just the conflict with Pakistan.
11:27Shivani Sharma will join me in just a short while, but here's what you need to remember.
11:30Remember, these multiple strikes at the military targets, even though India always had the
11:34coordinates, was not the intention.
11:36Our intention was to go after Jaish-e-Mohammad, the headquarters operational hub in Bahawalpur
11:41and Lashkar outfit in Muridhi, among others.
11:44But when India realised that Pakistan military is now giving cover fire and is trying to
11:49support these terror outfits by striking India and our civilian population areas, that's
11:55when India decided to hit back.
11:57Shivani Sharma joins me on this.
11:59Shivani, tell me more about this.
12:00At this juncture, what are the details that you can share?
12:0323 minutes, military targets hit, and now more and more satellite images only confirming
12:08the scene.
12:11Pooja, the kind of devastation Indian armed forces have inflicted Pakistan with is now
12:16very evident with these pictures, the details that are coming out after the attestation
12:22of the on-ground situation that the Indian government had been doing after these strikes
12:26were done.
12:27And this not only encroached the Operation Sindhu, the initial attack on the nine terrorist
12:31outfits in Pakistan, but later when Pakistan tried to military venture with its armed drones
12:37towards Indian civilians, and later the armed forces took on to the air bases of Pakistan
12:43and also the military infrastructure in Pakistan that have been now inflicted with heavy damage.
12:48You can see the cratered runways out there, the hangars that have been destroyed, air
12:53defence systems, F29, F2, F16 air defence systems and the Chinese air defence systems
12:58that Pakistan was relying upon.
13:00Not only this, the GL-15 guns, all these drones of Turkey and all the drones of China, including
13:06Pakistan's drones, they all had been thwarted, they were thwarted and they fell down like
13:12matchbox on the Indian, when they tried to hit the Indian side.
13:17And we are also getting details of the personnel lost there in Pakistan.
13:21It's much more than that the Pakistan army has been bringing out.
13:25It's 35 to 40 that was given to us of those people, of those armed army personnel of Pakistan
13:32who had died in the line of control area, but also inside these airbases, there have
13:39been bicycle casualties in different airbases along with the military infrastructure of
13:45Pakistan.
13:46So now, whatever planes that are coming, those of US being the military, are being highly
13:52rejected by the facts themselves on ground that say that Pakistan was damaged and Pakistan's
13:59airbases were damaged.
14:00And that's why...
14:01And India would, of course, any day expect that there would be a support coming in from
14:05the USA, but not simply about India-Pakistan hyphenated to accept and acknowledge that
14:11Pakistan has been supporting terror.
14:13Thank you very much for now.
14:14Shivani will be tracking all the latest on that.
14:16I want you to listen in now to this discussion between India Today's Gaurav Sawant and Sandeep
14:21Unnithan, both senior journalists who have had years of experience with regard to reporting
14:25on conflict and especially Pakistan, discussing how India finally used the BrahMos missile
14:31in Operation Sindhu to destroy terror bases and heavy damage at airbases in Pakistan.
14:38BrahMos-3 supersonic cruise missile attack at Noor Khan.
14:42Why is this an absolute game-changer when it comes to dealing with Pakistan's state-sponsored
14:48radical Islamist terror?
14:50Sandeep.
14:51Well, Gaurav, Noor Khan Airbase was earlier called the Chaklala Airbase.
14:56It is literally the most important airbase in Pakistan because of its proximity to GHQ
15:02Rawalpindi.
15:03It is the base from where the Pakistani generals fly in and out.
15:07It is a base where all the enablers of the Pakistan Air Force, primarily their long-range
15:13tankers, which extend the range of their fighter fleets, they are parked over there, the IL-78s.
15:19But the most important installation over here near Noor Khan Airbase is the headquarters
15:24of the Strategic Plans Division, which is a military body that oversees Pakistan's nuclear
15:31weapons program.
15:32So literally, Chaklala is one of the most sensitive airbases of Pakistan.
15:36There are literally two of them.
15:37There is Chaklala and then there is Sargodha.
15:39But Chaklala is the nerve center where all the generals are.
15:43If General Asim Munir were to fly out of the country or flee the country, as the case may
15:50be, he will choose Chaklala Airbase, Noor Khan Airbase to fly out of.
15:55That's where all the VVIP transports are parked.
15:57Very, very, very sensitive airbase in Pakistan.
16:01One of the most key airbases in Pakistan.
16:04One of two very key airbases in Pakistan, Gaurav.
16:07All it took, Sandeep, was 23 minutes, 23 minutes to bring a radical Islamist state sponsor
16:15of terror to its knees that had been blackmailing India, that nuclear blackmail.
16:19And I'll come to Sargodha in just a moment.
16:22So we'll talk about the nuclear aspect in just a moment.
16:24But 23 minutes to bypass all its radars, all its missiles, all its air defenses, and take
16:31down that country and bring the military to its knees in Pakistan.
16:34Absolutely, Gaurav.
16:36You know, Pakistan, after the Balakot airstrikes of 2019, where we struck at the Jabhatop terror
16:42training camp, Pakistan began to beef up its air defense network.
16:47They have what is called the Comprehensive Layered Integrated Air Defense Network, like
16:51our IACCS.
16:53So what they decided to do was to go in for a lot of Chinese radars, a lot of Chinese
16:57missiles.
16:58Now, two key missiles to this are the HQ-9, which is the Chinese version of the S-300
17:03missile, and, of course, the HQ-16, which is the version of the Russian Buk missile.
17:09So these two radars and missiles were, they found a very formidable layer of air defense,
17:16which they've built up over the last five or six years, ground-based air defense systems.
17:21They studied the Russia-Ukraine war, and, of course, the ease with which the Indian
17:26Air Force penetrated Pakistani airspace to attack Balakot.
17:29So this is literally the wall of radars and missiles that they had built up around all
17:34of their air bases and strategic locations inside Pakistan to compensate for their lack
17:40of strategic depth.
17:42But, as you mentioned, this is what the Indian Air Force penetrated so easily and targeted
17:48all of these sites at will.
17:51I want our viewers to also look at the video of the destruction at Nur Khan Air Base, because
17:57once you see it on graphics, once you see these harraps, and once you see how these
18:02systems operate, you must also see the impact of that BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
18:09hitting the Nur Khan Air Base.
18:12This is Nur Khan at Rawalpindi before and after.
18:17Before, oh nice, all nice and peaceful, Pakistan's seat of power, their SPD is here, which is
18:26their nuclear command and control systems, their structures, their VVIP jets, fancy jets
18:32for their prime minister, for the army chief, for the president, for other ministers, all
18:37of them parked here, mid-air refuelers, C-130s, so that's when they think they're a powerful
18:42country.
18:43That is what India did to take away that feeling that they are a powerful country.
18:49This strike could have destroyed this entire airfield, entire air base.
18:54If you can fire one, you can fire two, three, four, salvo after salvo after salvo.
19:00But the aim was to send across that message, and we spoke to our sources in the government
19:06and we asked them, you had the opportunity, why didn't you fight to finish?
19:11They said the aim is, send across that message, whenever we want, we can finish.
19:18Right now, we are just telling you what our intent is and what our capabilities are.
19:25Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is in many ways widely being mocked
19:29now.
19:30Two days after PM Modi went to the Adampur Air Base to show that there hasn't been any
19:34damage, as is being claimed by Pakistan, and put out a direct message, according to
19:39our information, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif also tried to do a similar catch, like
19:44PM Modi trying to visit Pakistan military bases alongside Army Chief General Asim Muneer.
19:50But at this juncture, remember, instead of showcasing missiles or proper military installation
19:54like we did, Sharif was seen simply standing on a tank and some sloganeering by the jawans.
20:01Because he had boasted about, were nowhere to be seen.
20:05So the strategy, the posturing didn't really work as much.
20:07But accompanied by the Army Chief, Shahbaz Sharif stood in front of a few hundred soldiers
20:12and tried to again say that they have defeated India.
20:15At this juncture, remember, Pakistan is already claiming victory, they are already claiming
20:19they have won this.
20:20But now, imagery clearly puts it in perspective.
20:23Alright, I am now joined by India Today Global's editor and I want to welcome to India Today
20:29network now, Pranay Upadhyay.
20:32Good to have you here.
20:33Pranay, I must add to the viewer, has wide extensive knowledge of having covered global
20:37affairs.
20:38Pranay, you tell me, when we talk about Shahbaz Sharif's trying to do a similar on what Prime
20:43Minister Modi did, did it fare well, really?
20:48Thank you very much, Pooja, for this introduction.
20:52And I must say that Pakistan is trying to do a copycat because for them, India is an
20:56arch-rival and they have always been doing a copycat events like India because Shahbaz
21:01Sharif, if you see his event, it is actually a face-saving act because the way Indian Prime
21:06Minister defused the Pakistani propaganda, Pakistani claim of hitting at S-400s or the
21:11Adhampur base, the MiG-29 base, it is actually Pakistan's effort to put up a brave face.
21:17But the kind of details which are coming up about the Pakistan, Pakistan's, the losses
21:21Pakistan suffered at the various air force bases, the kind of satellite imagery this
21:25has actually exposed Pakistan's wide propaganda.
21:28And now the historians, now the military experts are talking about India's effective strikes
21:35which actually hit them hard, deeper and wider.
21:38But if you see the dress code of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, don't you see
21:43a similarity between the kind of dressings which Xi Jinping wears?
21:47There is also a desert camouflage similarity between the Chinese soldiers and the Pakistani
21:51soldiers.
21:52And if you see the way Chinese, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif expressed the
21:58gratitude towards China, this is clearly a face saver credited to China.
22:03But here in this case, if you see the Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and General
22:08Asim Munir, not only visiting these bases and standing up on tanks and putting up a
22:13brave face, but also they did send their ministers to Muridke and Bahawalpur, which are the epicenters
22:21of the terror, and which are the institutional addresses of the terror outfits whom Pakistan
22:27herself has banned.
22:29Pakistan itself has banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which has its seat of power or seat of address
22:35as the Muridke Markaz-e-Tayyaba and Bahawalpur, Markaz Subhanallah.
22:39These are the addresses which Pakistan is obliged to act upon.
22:44However, Pakistan has failed to act upon these addresses, these outfits, these individuals
22:49who are in the United Nations Security Council sanction list.
22:52And that's why India is now taking a big case against the TRF, which is an offshoot of Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
22:59And I'm sure, Pooja, you must recall that.
23:01Because I have that big news coming in, because this is looking like a joke.
23:05You can see how this is deliberate posturing and claiming victory already for Pakistan,
23:10despite evidence of damage on their bases.
23:12I have some news coming in.
23:13Let's take a look at that.
23:22Pakistan trying to now rebuild the razed Lashkar headquarters, Muridke, remember, one hub of
23:27Lashkar-e-Tayyaba that even Pakistan didn't expect will be hit.
23:31Indian precise coordinated airstrike right there.
23:35And this is in the Punjab province that was hit.
23:37Pakistan ministers visit for Lashkar solidarity.
23:40Pakistan to help rebuild demolished Lashkar-e-Tayyaba hub as well.
23:44Remember that this is at a juncture.
23:47Is it just too much of a coincidence that the International Monetary Fund have recently
23:52started to transfer over $2 billion?
23:56If Pakistan otherwise has no money and needs to seek from IMF, where is the money coming
24:01from to rebuild these terror headquarters?
24:03Let's listen in first to statements coming.
24:33Listen in now to what Prime Minister Modi instead has said, how Operation Sindoor at
25:03the moment.
25:31This is a clear evidence, Pooja, of a collusion which Pakistan has been perpetrating.
25:37The Pakistan has been conducting and doing.
25:39This is the clear evidence.
25:40And in fact, this you may call it as a compulsion of the Pakistan establishment, which has been
25:45harboring these terror outfits and using them as tool of their foreign policy.
25:49But this is also a case which would help India's plea, India's case at the United Nations Security
25:55Council, because by stopping TRF's inclusion in the Security Council resolution, but by
26:01the by rebuilding these mosques, which are designated terror addresses in the United
26:06Nations Security Council 1267 list, which is a sanctioned list, Pakistan itself is obliged
26:11to act upon these terror addresses.
26:13And the cases are already there in Pakistani courts.
26:16So this clearly shows Pakistan's design.
26:18This is not only by default, this is also by design.
26:22Pakistan is doing it.
26:23And in fact, Pakistan, as they always do, they spoil their own case.
26:27And here comes the evidence that how Pakistan is perpetrating, harboring and exporting terror
26:33by building Markaz-e-Taiba, which is a designated address of Lashkar-e-Taiba Jamaat-o-Dawah-Falai
26:39Insaniyat Organization, TRF and whatnot.
26:42These are the clearly designated organizations who have perpetrated a terror acts not only
26:46against India, but across the countries.
26:50And even if you would recall, recently, even Russia has asked about the perpetrator of
26:56Pakistani origin who is in Pakistan, who was involved, who was one of the masterminds of
27:02the Krakus terror attack, which actually killed 250 people in Russia.
27:07So many people, those who have perpetrated, those who are involved in many terror acts,
27:12including 9-11 to 26-11 to Pahalgam, they are in Pakistan.
27:17And in fact, by rebuilding Markaz-e-Taiba, or maybe like, who knows, in Bahawalpur, Markaz-e-SubhanAllah,
27:23by building these addresses, Pakistan will spoil its own case, thanks to them.
27:27That's a good point.
27:28That's a good point you're making because can India in many ways also use this, a smarter
27:32approach to say, this just proves beyond doubt that it's the establishment of Pakistan coming
27:37to their support of the terror outfits.
27:39Carry on with me, Pranay, because at this juncture, I want to bring it to the viewer.
27:42When I talk about damage to Muridke and Bahawalpur, what do I mean?
27:46Look at this.
27:47According to the Indian government dossier, that of course has been shared widely with
27:51the world as well.
27:52Bahawalpur, for example.
27:53In fact, let's look at Lashkar-e-Taiba because we are looking at their information first.
27:58Markaz-e-Taiba in Muridke, in Punjab province, is the Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters, operational
28:03hub.
28:04When you talk of Hafiz Saeed and his operatives, this is where they were primarily located.
28:09This is where India hit.
28:10This was an incredible precision strike, no collateral damage, but to ensure that the
28:15terror headquarters are hit.
28:17Pakistan establishment is saying they will want to rebuild this.
28:21Very clear open centres of terror launch pads and outfits are going to be rebuilt, ladies
28:27and gentlemen, from Pakistan's establishment that apparently has no money to feed its people.
28:34Amid all of this, remember, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif also approving a one
28:38crore rupees as compensation for each of the deceased, which will be paid to the legal
28:43heir of those, the kin and the kid.
28:45Now, in other circumstances, remember, you would say that this is understandable.
28:49Any government does that.
28:51But we're talking about strikes on Jaish and Lashkar's terror headquarters.
28:55When a UN-designated terrorist like Masood Azhar may receive 14 crore rupees from the
29:00Pakistan government in ex gratia compensation, 14 of his family members, not all innocent,
29:07remember, some of them have been operatives with the Jaish-ki-Qadar.
29:11I want you to take a look at this report.
29:12What does it mean when the Pakistan government says anyone, irrespective, will get one crore rupees?
29:18Just days after Indian airstrikes flattened Jaish-e-Mohammad's terror hubs in Pakistan's
29:38Bahawalpur, Islamabad is now under fire.
29:46It's revealed that Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, has announced a one crore
29:51rupee compensation for each of the civilian casualty in the airstrikes.
29:59But what's sparking this outrage?
30:02Fourteen of the dead were reportedly relatives of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, including
30:07his brother-in-law.
30:08If Azhar is the sole legal heir, as some of the Pakistani reports are suggesting, he may
30:17receive 14 crore rupees in taxpayers' money.
30:23A UN-listed terrorist could actually walk away with a multi-crore payout under a government
30:28compensation scheme which is actually meant for civilian victims.
30:35But it doesn't stop there.
30:37Pakistan has also pledged to rebuild the destroyed headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba,
30:43both designated terror outfits.
30:48India has warned that these sites could once again become breeding grounds for terrorism.
30:54This comes even as the IMF cleared a fresh $1 billion loan to Pakistan.
31:00The Bharatiya Janata Party has raised sharp questions.
31:03With international aid money now being used to fund and reward terrorism, from rebuilding
31:08terror camps to compensating a terror mastermind's family, Pakistan's moves are being seen as
31:14dangerously provocative.
31:17Islamabad continues to justify payouts that blur the line between victims and terrorists.
31:25Bureau Report, India Today.
31:31Pranay Upadhyay is joining me.
31:32He's the editor, India Today Global.
31:34Pranay, you tell me this.
31:35When we talk about this ex-gratia, it would be very easy to say that every government
31:40does it.
31:41How is this one different?
31:42And secondly, how can India use this specific narrative mentioned made by Pakistan establishment
31:48to push it out globally about how there is support for the terror outfits?
31:52Pooja, I'm sure you must be knowing that the people, those who died at Muridke, people
31:59those who died at Bahawalpur, they are not common civilians.
32:04They are terrorists.
32:05They are relatives of Masood Azhar.
32:07They are relatives of Hafiz Saeed.
32:09They are designated terrorists because we all have seen, the world has seen the picture
32:14of Hafiz Abdul Rauf conducting the namaz janaza for Rauf Asghar, who is actually a terrorist
32:22and many terrorist relatives of Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Hafiz Saeed and their family members
32:28or in Bahawalpur, Masood Azhar's relatives, those who have died there.
32:31This clearly shows the connivance, this clearly shows the collusion of Pakistani establishment,
32:36Pakistan's military.
32:37And this is not for the first time it has happened, Pooja.
32:39I'm sure you would recall in 2611, NIS chart sheet clearly mentions the name of Major Iqbal,
32:45Major Sameer and Sajid Mir.
32:47These are the Pakistani ISI, Pakistani military personnel.
32:50And for long, Pakistan have been perpetrating and sending their regulars, their troops to
32:56perpetrate the terror attacks in India.
32:59And they have been actually conducting these operations in their own supervision and sending
33:05these terrorists.
33:07This ex-gratia is actually a cheating played on the world because at IMF, Pakistan pleaded,
33:13Pakistan got this $1.5 billion aid to help the poor people.
33:19But here they are doling out this money package, this compensation, this ex-gratia to these
33:24terror outfits.
33:25And tell me one thing, isn't, world is seeing, world is witnessing a double standard as far
33:30as the terror acts are concerned, because there shouldn't be a civilian in these terror
33:36organization headquarters.
33:37Who are these civilians and why would they be there?
33:41Because Pakistan should have acted upon these organizations, they should have been, they
33:45should have shut their shops.
33:47But Pakistan not only helped them, Pakistan has been using them as their tool for foreign
33:52policy.
33:53They have been supporting terrorist organizations and that's why this clearly shows the connivance
33:56and collusion of the Pakistani establishment and that's why people are now talking about
34:00the kind of policies General Asim Munir is pursuing, that he is trying to become General
34:05Zia-ul-Haq 2.0 or Maulana Munir.
34:09Yes.
34:10Maulana Munir or General Zia-ul-Haq.
34:12But let's hope eventually Pakistan, we can only hope, can transform, become better.
34:17But the kind of people at the leadership of military and civilian leadership, we can see
34:21that's not happening.
34:22Pranay, thank you very much for now.
34:23Looking forward to your coverage with regard to all the global affairs.
34:27I want to now move to water concerns.
34:30Pakistan is repeatedly urging India to reverse the suspension of the Indus water treaty.
34:34I want you to take a look at this report.
34:36Why India believes that it's fully within legal rights to be able to put the water treaty
34:41in abeyance and the slogan of Prime Minister Modi, blood and water cannot flow together.
34:52A desperate Pakistan is pleading with India to reconsider suspension of Indus waters treaty.
35:06Sources tell India Today that Pakistan's Ministry of Water Resources has written to Ministry
35:11of External Affairs warning that India's move to regulate water flow to Pakistan could lead
35:17to a crisis in that country.
35:23Pakistan's communication comes just two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made India's
35:27stand on the treaty very clear.
35:43India is already fast-tracking its hydro projects planned on the western rivers of the Indus
36:10system that Pakistan banks on.
36:14Flushing at the Salal and Baglihar dams recently had led to sudden floods and later the closure
36:20of gates had led to a drastic drop in flow of water into Pakistan.
36:25Pakistan is already water starved.
36:27Their agriculture could take a massive hit as the Indus river system irrigates about
36:3280% of Pakistan's cultivated land and is a vital water source for the country's population.
37:11To be with the forces and at a time when the Indian Air Force carried out precise military
37:16strikes, our army defending especially at the border with the BSF to ensure that our
37:21civilians who are being targeted, shelling on our civilians at the border by Pakistan
37:27that there is a certain security review and of course a certain messaging to the forces.
37:32My colleague Ashraf Wani is joining me for the latest on that.
37:34Ashraf, good morning.
37:36So after PM, Defence Minister now, what do you think is on agenda here?
37:40Yes, Pooja, absolutely.
37:45We have seen during last three days not only the Government of Kashmir, Government of Sinabh
37:50was visiting the affected areas on the line of the Chief Minister himself from Jammu,
37:55Poonch, Rajouri, Tangdar and Uri visited during last four days.
38:00Now today the Defence Minister of country is himself reaching Srinagar in a short while
38:05and will be accompanied by the Army Chief himself and there is some good news to share
38:11by Army with the Defence Minister as the operation Sindhu is currently going on during last 48
38:18hours, the six terrorists have been eliminated in two separate encounters including one in
38:25South Kashmir's Pulwama district today.
38:27Basically the Defence Minister will first reach to the Army Headquarters of Srinagar.
38:33Yes.
38:34Alright.
38:35We will get back to you Ashraf in just a short while as and when the Defence Minister lands.
38:44Why are Indians angry with Turkey and Azerbaijan?
38:46There have been mass cancellations of the booking to the two countries being reported
38:51by Indian tourists.
38:52This is also in the backdrop as Turkish President Erdogan has reiterated support to Pakistan
38:59and direct words, Turkey says will stand with Pakistan against India whatever the repercussions
39:06would be adding that no economic loss will deter Turkey to stand with Muslim brother
39:11Pakistan.
39:12Both nations extended support to Pakistan that is Turkey and Azerbaijan.
39:16This is after India launched air strikes at their terror hubs first and then air bases
39:20because they were targeting our innocent civilians.
39:23At a juncture like this remember hundreds of Indian tourists have cancelled their trips
39:27to Turkey and Azerbaijan.
39:28This has been confirmed by travel agents.
39:31Number of Indian tourists remember were flocking both to Azerbaijan and Turkey.
39:35Now mass bookings and I am talking about at least 60% cancellations have surged which
39:40were earlier, okay I correct myself that the bookings have reduced to about 60% and cancellations
39:49have surged by over 250%.
39:52Mass cancellations of bookings, airfares to both the nations have as well reduced in massive
39:57numbers.
39:58This is at a juncture remember India never forget.
40:02India was the first country to help Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake sending
40:06our army personnel, medical equipments and more.
40:12The nefarious terror attack or with the missile attack against Pakistan in a very we had a
40:20very clear stance.
40:23We expressed our support to the Pakistani public and the tension which reached serious
40:32levels and in order to decrease it we made efforts.
40:36The new calm environment reached with the ceasefire hopefully will facilitate the resolution
40:43of all issues including the water issue.
40:47As Turkey hopefully in the future during difficult days we are going to continue supporting
40:55the Pakistani people.
40:57The possible purpose of these large-scale aerial intrusions were to test the AD systems
41:03and gather intelligence.
41:05Forensic examination of the drone debris is being undertaken.
41:10Preliminary reports suggest them to be of Asis Guard Songha drone of Turkey.
41:16We had issued a travel advisory that we should not travel in these countries.
41:21We were the first ones to issue this travel advisory.
41:24We were very happy to see that many travel agencies issued this advisory and in today's
41:29time because of our efforts boycott Turkey, boycott Azerbaijan is trending.
41:36Because they are standing on the wrong side and their standing is related to their ideology
41:44and their Islamic country and they are supplying drones to Pakistan.
41:50As our honourable PM has said that water and blood cannot flow together, similarly water,
41:56blood and trade should not flow together.
41:58It is a very unfortunate thing that we had helped Turkey a lot when the earthquake occurred.
42:05We could not even dream that our Turkish operational friend would take such a step and work with
42:16our enemy.
42:20That is why the Travel Agents Association of India boycotted Turkey and Azerbaijan.
42:28Because Azerbaijan has also openly supported them.
42:31So, we have boycotted both of them and we are with these associations on behalf of the Indian Chamber.
43:02Well, Pooja, the Muslim Brotherhood is very, very real and what we are seeing is just a glimpse of that.
43:08We are seeing on record statements being made.
43:11Till now, it was India that was saying that the drones that came, the drones that were destroyed by the Indian Defence Forces,
43:17they were Turkish made.
43:19And now we are seeing this very blatant statement coming out from Turkey.
43:22They are saying that no matter what, they are standing with Pakistan.
43:25In fact, if you also remember those first images that came out after the Pahalgam attack,
43:30we could see the Turkish Airlines base there in Pakistan.
43:34So, all these were proofs, pictures and videos that came out.
43:39And now we are seeing this very blatant remark being made.
43:42With regards to this remark, one thing is very, very clear that Turkey has now chosen this side.
43:46They are standing with Pakistan, but India too.
43:50At a moment like this that perhaps India also realizing who our friends are and also a reminder that
43:57showing kindness doesn't in return get kindness as much,
44:01thinking of all the times that India has come to assistance of Turkey.
44:11So, take a look at this report.
44:13What do we say when we talk about the anger against Turkey and Azerbaijan?
44:18Once a recipient of India's humanitarian aid is now siding with Pakistan and no clear reason given as well.
44:24So, Indian tourists have decided to come forth and decide they don't want to head to Turkey anymore.
44:54And you can see one of SONKA drone hanging by the wire.
44:58All these have been brought down by our trained crew and air defense systems.
45:04The Yaha drones are of Turkish origin.
45:08The Turkey-Pakistan tango has sparked massive anger in India.
45:12The chorus to boycott Turkish products is hitting fever pitch.
45:16Indian tourists are shunning Turkey and another Pakistan ally, Azerbaijan.
45:24What has angered Indians is the fact that Turkey is acting against a country that helped them in their hour of need.
45:32India had stood by Turkey during the 2023 earthquake,
45:36launching Operation Dost and supplying relief material to tide over the humanitarian crisis.
45:43Thousands had died in the quake that crippled Turkey and Syria.
45:47India also had trade ties with Turkey.
45:51In 2024-25, India exports to Turkey stood at $5.2 billion,
45:57which was down from $6.65 billion in 2023-24.
46:03This accounts for less than 1.5% of India's total exports.
46:08Imports from Turkey were worth $2.84 billion in 2024-25
46:14compared to $3.78 billion in 2023-24
46:19just 0.5% of India's total imports.
46:25Turkey received around 62.2 million foreign tourists in 2024
46:30with approximately 300,000 coming from India.
46:34Boycott Turkey is trending online right now.
46:37The results are many other travel agents have followed our suit.
46:41And the results are 22% bookings are cancelled by passengers themselves for Turkey.
46:49India has now blocked Turkish state broadcaster TRT World on X
46:54for spreading news and pro-Pakistan propaganda.
46:58Similarly, China's Xinhua and Global Times have also been blocked by India for spreading misinformation.
47:05Turkey has been once again an ally of Pakistan,
47:09not only training but implicating and trying to damage Indian air bases and Indian civilians.
47:16Two personnel have been killed.
47:17More than 350 Turkish drones were directed towards India.
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