India, June 3 -- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday stated that Islamabad was the one to escalate the conflict with India when it launched a barrage of attacks on the night of May 10, three days after Indian military strikes under 'Operation Sindoor' that targetted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

"On the 10th of May, at about 1 am, their (Pakistan) aim was to get India to its knees in 48 hours. Multiple attacks were launched and in some manner, they have escalated this conflict, which we had actually hit only terror targets," stated CDS Chauhan in an address at the Savitribai Phule Pune University.

CDS Anil Chauhan further said that the operations, "which Pakistan thought ...