A deadly terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam has left 26 people dead, and put the spotlight on India’s counter-terror doctrine. In 2016, after a terror attack in Uri that killed 19 soldiers, India responded with surgical strikes across the Line of Control with Pakistan. Three years later, the Pulwama bombing that claimed the lives of 40 soldiers, was met with airstrikes deep inside Pakistani territory. All eyes are now on how New Delhi will choose to respond to the latest terror attack – diplomatically, militarily, or both. n18oc_world n18oc_crux