Overview
- BRICS leaders said in the New Delhi Declaration on September 12, 2026 that they "condemn in the strongest terms" the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people on April 22, 2025.
- The declaration calls for a policy of zero tolerance for terrorism and demands steps to disrupt terror financing, prevent cross‑border movement of militants, and dismantle safe havens.
- The text repeats a unified stance against terrorism but does not name any state as a sponsor even though reporting has traced the attackers to backing and training in Pakistan.
- Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the BRICS condemnation on X but said India should have also pressed for resolutions condemning violence in Gaza and the US‑Israeli action on Iran, criticizing perceived selective condemnations.
- The pledge follows earlier condemnations at BRICS (Rio 2025) and the SCO (Tianjin 2025), and it could increase pressure for deeper BRICS counter‑terror cooperation through working groups and calls for UN action.