India last week sent parliamentary delegations to 33 countries on a diplomatic mission to drum up support for countering Pakistan-based militant groups Delhi has said are behind recent cross-border attacks.

Tensions between India and Pakistan remain high following the killing of Hindu tourists in India-administered Kashmir on April 22. The attack resulted in the death of 26 people, causing outrage in India.

Indian officials have said the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Islamist militant group was behind the attack. On May 7, the military launched strikes, dubbed Operation Sindoor, targeting what New Delhi said was terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Pakistan responded with its own strikes, and four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes followed, until both sides agreed to a ceasefire on May 10.

In the wake of the attack and the resulting hostilities, both India and Pakistan have tried to shape the narrative on the conflict.

The Indian delegations, which included several political parties, were equipped with country-specific dossiers detailing Pakistan's alleged history of fostering........

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