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India mourns the loss of innocent lives in the gruesome terrorist attack that took place in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on April 22. It is difficult to comment on the authenticity of a social media statement circulated by the so-called “The Resistance Front”, a fig leaf known to be used by the Pakistani terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba to obfuscate its involvement. However, the participation of Pakistani terrorists in the atrocity is an established fact. Following the changes introduced in the constitutional status of J&K on August 5, 2019, the attendant scaling up of security arrangements and the ceasefire along the...