India-Pak Tensions, May 6 -- Former US national security advisor (NSA) John Bolton has said India is 'entitled to retaliate and try to eliminate terrorist threats' to its sovereignty and people amid escalated tensions between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of deadly Pahalgam attack.

Bolton, who was NSA to President Donald Trump in his first term, has acknowledged that India had a 'legitimate right to self-defence' when faced with the threat of terrorism. Bolton, however, urged New Delhi to exhaust all diplomatic avenues before launching a military counterstrike.

"I think Prime Minister Narendra Modi exercised a great deal of restraint having been through a similar episode in 2019," Bolton told NDTV, referring to the deadly Pulwama ...