'Fighting Stopped Because...': Jaishankar Points To India's Strikes On Key Pakistani Airbases

Last Updated:June 10, 2025, 14:08 IST

In an interview with American news website POLITICO, Jaishankar minced no words as he underscored India's growing frustration with Pakistan's role in harbouring terrorist groups

Jaishankar reaffirmed New Delhi’s readiness to take direct military action if necessary to eliminate the threat. (PTI)

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has provided a candid revelation about the real reason behind the India-Pakistan ceasefire on May 10, saying “fighting stopped on the 10th for one reason and one reason only, which was that on the 10th morning we hit these eight Pakistani, the main eight Pakistani airfields and disabled them".

In an interview with American news website POLITICO, Jaishankar minced no words as he underscored India’s growing frustration with Pakistan’s role in harbouring terrorist groups and reaffirmed New Delhi’s readiness to take direct military action if necessary to eliminate the threat.

“We don’t care where they are… If they are deep in Pakistan, we will go deep into Pakistan," Jaishankar warned India’s neighbour, sending a strong and unambiguous message about the country’s commitment to combating terrorism at its roots.

“It [Pakistan] is a country very steeped in its use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy. That is the whole issue," he told POLITICO during a visit to Brussels. The minister, when asked if the situations that led to the two countries coming to the brink of war were still present, said: “If you call the commitment to terrorism a source of tension, absolutely, it is."

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