Tensions peaked after a deadly attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, IIOJK, that killed 26 people. India blamed Pakistan without proof. In reaction, India launched Operation Sindoor, shut the Wagah border,

Pakistan ceasefire, one man has stood out — albeit quietly. That’s Ajit Doval, India’s national security advisor. PM Modi’s go-to man on all security matters, it was Doval who thought of Operation Sindoor and commanded it.

While the mission delivered a decisive blow to Pakistan’s military-terrorist nexus, the threat of a full-fledged war looms large