NEW DELHI: India's
approach in dealing with
terrorism has undergone a major change as its armed forces now do not hesitate to cross the border to protect the country against the menace, defence minister
Rajnath Singh said on the first anniversary of the Balakot air strike.
A fleet of
Indian Air Force aircraft had bombed a terrorist training camp deep inside
Pakistan on February 26 last year to avenge the killing of 40
central reserve police force (CRPF) personnel in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14.
"I thank the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi for bringing change in India's approach against terrorism and our ways to counter terror.
"The Surgical Strikes of 2016 and
Balakote Air Strikes of 2019 are testimony to this change. This is certainly a New and Confident India in making," Singh said in a series of tweets.