New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh today said India's response to the Pahalgam attack was driven by a clear national directive to make those responsible "pay a price" for killing innocents, and that the resulting operation achieved its objectives swiftly.
"In the aftermath of what happened in Pahalgam, we all know. We took a decision that we have to make them pay a price for whatever they have been doing, to avenge the killing of innocents," Air Chief Marshal Singh said, while addressing the Annual Press Conference here.
"A clear directive, a clear mandate was given to the armed forces, and the Indian Air Force was the prime stakeholder in that - in terms of two major targets out of nine that were chosen,"...