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The Story Behind Pahalgam: Is India Playing the Same Old Game?

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03.05.2025

When news broke about the terrible attack in Pahalgam, in the part of Kashmir administered by India, it felt sadly familiar. But almost immediately, really disturbing whispers started – suggestions that this wasn’t just random violence. The story emerging is that India’s own intelligence agency, RAW, has actually been involved in planning and carrying it out. Why? The theory goes that it’s part of a troubling pattern: create a crisis, make it look like terrorism, and use it to distract from India’s own actions, especially in Kashmir. It feels less like a straightforward tragedy and more like a calculated setup – a ‘false flag’ – designed to stir outrage, shape how the world sees things, and point the finger squarely at Pakistan, all without needing much real proof.

You can understand the response from Pakistan’s side. Their top military spokesperson, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry DG ISPR, spoke up pretty bluntly. He questioned how India could blame Pakistan almost instantly. Think about it: filing a formal police report (FIR) just minutes after the attack, implicating Pakistan? In such a remote place, difficult to even reach quickly? The General asked what many were probably thinking: how could anyone even start a real investigation that fast, especially when the nearest police station was reportedly a half-hour drive away? It felt less like finding the truth and more like rolling out a story that India wanted the world to hear. His press conference felt like more than just a reply; it was like calling out India’s whole strategy of shifting blame.

And then there are these reports –........

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