Overview

• On April 22, militants from The Resistance Front, a Lashkar-e-Taiba affiliate, killed 26 tourists and injured many at Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
• Survivors, including Professor Debashish Bhattacharjee from Assam, described how reciting the Islamic Kalima appeared to save their lives during the attack.
• Security forces have launched a large-scale manhunt involving helicopters and ground sweeps to track the attackers, identified as wearing Indian Army-style camouflage.
• The Assam Chief Minister’s Office is coordinating the expedited return of the Bhattacharjee family, who are under police protection in Srinagar.
• This attack, the deadliest in Kashmir since the 2019 Pulwama bombing, has raised concerns about intelligence failures and its impact on the region's tourism sector.