"The attack on Pahalgam on April 22 was the first escalation by Pakistan, in response to which the Indian Armed Forces has retaliated accordingly," said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

India on Thursday said its precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir were a "controlled, precise, measured and non-escalatory" response to what it called Pakistan’s “original escalation” in the form of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

The Pahalgam attack on April 22 led to the deaths of 26 civilians, igniting diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan. India responded with strict measures and launched Operation Sindoor on May 7,