We need a strategy that makes Pakistan shun proxy wars once and for all

Apart from other measures, a kinetic response to the Pahalgam massacre was inevitable. The sheer brazenness of the terrorists who targeted innocent tourists and attempted to disturb communal peace in India warranted such a response. Indian forces responded on May 7 by targeting nine key sites of three Pakistan and PoK-based terror groups. Since then, the two sides have been locked in aerial aggression, which seems to be escalating. In military terms, the stage has not yet reached the level of a "limited" war. Pakistan's capacity to sustain hostilities is far less than that of India. However, the embattled General…