‘I want it immediately’: NSA Ajit Doval reveals first question PM Modi asked after Pahalgam

National security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said that the first thing Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to know following the Pahalgam terror attack was who was responsible, as he recalled the moments leading up to India’s Operation Sindoor in a new interview. National security.

(AFP/PMO)In an interview for the Discovery docuseries "Declassified: Operation Sindoor", Doval said the aim of the 88-hour military operation was to destroy enemy camps, especially those linked to the Pahalgam terror attack. In his first interview since Operation Sindoor last year, Doval has shared.

What Happened

The NSA recalled meeting PM Modi after he returned from Saudi Arabia, where he was when the Pahalgam terror attack took place. Modi had cut his visit short following the attack.

• The docuseries will premiere on Saturday (August 15) at 9 pm on Discovery and its streaming service, discovery+.

• Declassified: Operation Sindoor’, the two-part docuseries, features India’s military and national security leadership as they recount the decisions and events surrounding Operation Sindoor.

• The Indian armed forces carried out precision strikes against several terror infrastructure sites in Pakistan and PoK.

Key Details

The foreign secretary had come to receive him. Then, at the airport itself, we had a meeting.

• Operation Sindoor began early on May 7 last year as a response to the deadly April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed.

• Doval added, "When the prime minister says that Operation Sindoor is alive, his intention is that the fight against terror will only be over till the last terrorist is eliminated."

• The conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours continued for nearly 88 hours before it ended after the two sides reached an understanding on the evening of May 10.

Why It Matters

Doval said PM Modi wanted to know who was behind the attack and sought immediate details about those responsible. And then his first question to me was -- 'Who has done it?

• Pakistan later launched offensives against India, leading India to launch more counter-offensives, all carried out as part of Operation Sindoor.

• He said India wanted the Pakistan army to understand that its “support to terrorism or inability to take effective action against the terrorists is something which is not tolerable to us,” news agency PTI.

What Reports Say

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• Continued reporting by Hindustan Times as more details emerge