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Amrullah Saleh, former Vice President of Afghanistan who has been living in exile since he left Kabul after its takeover by the Taliban, has comprared India’s Operation Sindoor with Pakistan’s Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos and concluded that for the first time, India has created a paradigm shift in the way world saw terrorism and its backers.
Saleh, who has been a strong critic of Pakistan for its backing of terrorism and as enemy of Afghan people, said India’s operation has ended the monopoly of Pakistan over Islamic Fatwa or Clergy’s support as the Indian clerics rose in support of their country.
Saleh has 1.4 million followers on X where he posted the following seven takeaways as the ‘Firsts’ from India’s Operation Sindoor:
1. Realizing the stalemated status or irrelevance of the UNSC, India didn’t seek to request sympathy from the five of the 1945. Operation Sindoor clearly demonstrated a strong sense of self-confidence and real strategic autonomy and sovereignty.
2. For the first time, India shredded the notion that terrorists are separate from terrorist backers and thus targeted both. The notion that certain powerful rogue officers of Pakistani State authorize terrorist attacks was also shredded. This is a new paradigm. Another type of deniability must be invented.3. There was a battle going and a war being planned. In the midst of the battle, Pakistan negotiated for a loan from the IMF, which surprisingly approved it. It matters because most likely Pakistan isn’t fit enough to finance a war but has capabilities to engage in battles. A war can't be won with IMF loans anyway.
4. The strategic patience and cultural restraint have a limit. That limit was tested on April 22 by the Lashkar Teyba terrorists. Perhaps they wanted what followed. They didn’t benefit from their adventure though. Perhaps they wanted to humiliate India publicly. They seem to be mentally stuck in 2008.
5. Size matters. Every inch of Pakistan was under reach. I always thought the Nur Khan airbase was the best defended base of Pakistan. It isn’t. The grarrison town of Rawilpindi as the heart of Pakistan’s military and its best-known airbase was hit.
6. Pakistan lost the monopoly over Islamic Fatwa. The Indian ulema presented a fatwa of their own to their own government. Thus, the religious dimension always exploited by Pakistan to earn sympathy from the Muslim Ummah evaporated. Deoband is located in India by the way.
7. Keeping secrets in a democratic society is next to impossible, but very little leaked out of India, which shows enormous skills in adhering to principles of operational silence and public unity to assist in safeguarding of secrets.
ALSO NOTE: Op Sindoor was an bold attack on Pakistan unbridled use of terror as state policy
He also added a disclaimer:
Note: I have seen very little or no visuals from Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos to comment on. Seemingly, it never took off the way it was propagated. The ceasefire saved Pakistan’s skin. Pakistan military leadership has made statements and claims over their own achievements, but the Indian skies remained open, flights weren’t cancelled, and I haven’t seen visuals of missiles landing in Delhi or Amritsar.
Operation Sindoor vs. Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos
— Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) May 10, 2025
Some of the firsts
One :
Realizing the stalemated status or irrelevance of the UNSC, India didn’t seek to request sympathy from the five of the 1945. Operation Sindoor clearly demonstrated a strong sense of self-confidence and…
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