Pahalgam Horror, April 23 -- April 22 was a usual day at Baisaran, a popular meadow surrounded by dense forests, in south Kashmir's Pahalgam, until afternoon. As hundreds of tourists moved around, the serenity of the place was shattered at around 3 pm when a group of militants, reportedly four of them in army uniforms, emerged from the dense forests and opened indiscriminate fire killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, including two foreigners.

The terror attack, one of the most lethal in Jammu and Kashmir's recent history, was carried out on a day when US Vice President JD Vance was in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a state visit to Saudi Arabia.

The last big terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir was on June 9, 2024, the d...