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Last Updated:May 08, 2025, 18:28 IST
Pakistan's deputy PM Ishaq Dar confirmed the communication between the two NSAs as tensions escalated when India launched cross-border strikes on terrorist infrastructure.
India struck terror hideouts in Pakistan as part of 'Operation Sindoor' on May 7. (Reuters)
Indian and Pakistani Security Advisers have spoken by phone amid escalating tensions between the two countries, Turkish broadcaster TRT World reported late on Wednesday, a day after India carried out cross-border strikes against terrorist infrastructure.
Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, confirmed the development to TRT World in an exclusive interview, the channel reported, the first such contact after the Indian strikes that came in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack that left 26 people dead.
Dar did not give any details of the discussions between India’s Ajit Doval and Pakistan’s Asim Malik, TRT World reported, and added in their broadcast that the contact was being seen as a de-escalation effort amid fears of a full-scale military confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Meanwhile, India on Thursday dismissed these claims. At a media briefing, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said he had no information regarding any contact between the two countries’ NSAs.
India-Pakistan Tensions Escalates
Tensions in the subcontinent spiralled following the precision strikes, which took place two weeks after three terrorists – two of them from Pakistan and linked to an LeT affiliate – killed 25 tourists and a local pony handler in a brazen attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Photos and videos of India’s late-night retaliation against terror infrastructure went viral on social media on Wednesday. India said its strikes were successful and released videos of the campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Sindoor’. Pakistan, without much evidence, said it thwarted the Indian campaign. And throughout the day, Indian authorities junked several Pakistani claims as disinformation and fake news.
But Islamabad gradually upped the rhetoric and said it had the right to retaliate for what it called India’s “aggression". New Delhi, however, categorically said no civilian or military site was hit in their operation, and sites linked to the JeM and LeT, as well as the Hizbul Mujahideen group, were carefully selected and targeted.
Location :Islamabad, Pakistan
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