Overview
- The Delhi-based think tank published the report on November 26, 2025 to coincide with the 17th anniversary of the Mumbai attacks.
- The chronology divides incidents into five phases from 1947 to 2025, tracing a progression from cross-border incursions to adaptive terrorism and hardened Indian responses.
- Citing records since 1947, the document alleges a consistent ISI–Pakistan military role in using terrorism as an instrument of state policy against India.
- Recent entries spotlight the 2025 Pahalgam killings claimed by The Resistance Front and describe Operation Sindoor as a punitive shift that treats attacks on Indian soil as acts of war, quoting Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
- The compilation, convened by former diplomat Pankaj Saran, catalogs episodes from hijackings and Kargil to 26/11 and Pulwama, and urges united global action against state-sponsored terrorism as contrary to international law.