Overview
- Discovery premiered Declassified: Operation Sindoor on Aug. 15–16, 2026, featuring National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s first on‑camera account of the operation and decisions that followed the Pahalgam attack.
- Doval said Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a clear hunt for the perpetrators and that the operation’s objective was to destroy the terror camps linked to the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam massacre, which killed 26 people.
- India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025 with precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan‑occupied Kashmir, Pakistan responded with drones and missile strikes, and the exchange lasted nearly 88 hours before an understanding on May 10, 2025 ended the immediate fighting.
- Senior military leaders in the series describe coordinated planning and joint strikes aimed at minimizing civilian casualties while demonstrating new strike, intelligence and air‑defence capabilities.
- By packaging official testimony and operational footage, the documentary formalizes New Delhi’s narrative that retaliation was limited to terror infrastructure, raises the profile of a tougher deterrence posture, and may shape public and diplomatic views of India‑Pakistan security dynamics.