Hot Takes: Contemplating India's Response to the Pulwama Attack

Sylvia Mishra coauthored a piece in South Asian Voices, about the reaction of the Indian government to terrorist attacks in the Pulwama District in Kashmir.

On February 14th, 2019, in a dastardly terror attack conducted and claimed by Pakistan-based terror network Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Pulwama District in Kashmir killed more than 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement that the Government of India (GOI) is firmly and resolutely committed to take all necessary measures to safeguard national security, fight terrorism and also appealed to the international community to support the proposal to list terrorists, including JeM Chief Masood Azhar as a designated terrorist under 1267 Sanctions Committee of UN Security Council.