India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025, establishing a doctrine treating state support for terror as acts of war, following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam. Pakistan, initially denouncing this doctrine, subsequently applied the same rationale against Afghanistan's Taliban government in February 2026. Pakistan initiated Operation Ghazab lil Haq, involving sustained air and artillery strikes across eastern Afghan provinces, targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) camps.
This mirrors India's earlier strikes on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) targets, which included headquarters and resulted in Indian strikes on Pakistani air bases, destroying an AEW&C aircraft and a Saab 2000 Erieye. Pakistan's Afghan policy has inadvertently strengthened Afghanistan's economic ties with Central Asia and India, with Afghan trade rerouting and India reopening its embassy in Kabul, while Pakistani exports to Afghanistan fell 56 percent in early 2026. The militant ecosystem India targeted has reorganized, and the legal precedent set by Sindoor now frames Pakistan's actions against Kabul.
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