Washington DC, May 12 -- Leading American Foreign Policy Expert, Michael Kugelman hailed the response of Indian leadership towards Pakistan as a part of Operation Sindoor. He highlighted how India's response to the crisis displayed strong leadership acumen.

Noting how the Pahalgam terror attack was different from the previous crises, Michael Kugelman said, 'This crisis was so different on so many levels. First, the nature of the attack that triggered this crisis... was unusually brutal. The fact that civilians, tourists were targeted, and singled out for their religion for being Hindus. This, I think, had a particular type of traumatic impact on India in ways that we have not seen with previous ones, which I think necessitated the Indian...