Pahalgam Attack: FBI’s Kash Patel Condemns Terror, Assures India of Complete Support

International

oi-Ruchika Pareek

Published: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 14:04 [IST]

The
April
22
terror
assault
in
Pahalgam,
Jammu
and
Kashmir,
which
killed
26
people,
has
caused
tensions
between
India
and
Pakistan
to
skyrocket.

The
act
was
harshly
denounced
by
FBI
Director
Kash
Patel,
who
called
it
a
“reminder
of
the
constant
threats
that
the
world
faces
from
the
evil
of
terrorism.”
Patel
said,
“The
FBI
will
continue
to
offer
our
full
support
to
the
Indian
government
and
sends
our
condolences
to
all
the
victims
of
the
recent
terrorist
attack
in
Kashmir,” in
a
post
on
X.
This
serves
as
a
reminder
of
the
ongoing
dangers
that
terrorism
poses
to
our
globe.
Offer
up
prayers
for
those
impacted.
We
are
grateful
to
the
law
enforcement
officers
that
respond
to
calls
during
times
like
this.

The
world
community
has
strongly
denounced
the
assault.

United
States
President
Donald
Trump
spoke
with
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
on
April
23,
strongly
denouncing
the
terror
attack.

“President
Donald
Trump
@realDonaldTrump
@POTUS
called
PM
@narendramodi
and
conveyed
his
deepest
condolences
at
the
loss
of
innocent
lives
in
the
terror
attack
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir,”
MEA
spokesperson
Randhir
Jaiswal
said.
President
Trump
vehemently
denounced
the
terror
assault
and
pledged
his
full
support
for
India’s
efforts
to
apprehend
those
responsible
for
this
horrific
act.
The
United
States
and
India
are
united
in
their
fight
against
terrorism.

Trump
also
addressed
the
incident
in
public
earlier
on
Friday,
referring
to
it
as
“a
bad
one.”
“I
am
very
close
to
India,
and
I’m
very
close
to
Pakistan,
and
they’ve
had
that
fight
for
a
thousand
years
in
Kashmir,”
Trump
said
in
an
interview
with
ANI.
Kashmir
has
existed
for
at
least
a
millennium,
if
not
longer.
That
terrorist
strike
wasn’t
good.

“There
have
been
tensions
on
that
border
for
1,500
years,”
he
continued.
It
has
remained
the
same,
but
I
have
no
doubt
that
they
will
find
a
solution.
Both
leaders
are
people
I
know.
There
has
always
been
a
lot
of
hostility
between
India
and
Pakistan.

The
Indus
Waters
Treaty
of
1960
was
suspended,
Pakistani
military
attachés
were
expelled,
and
the
Attari
land-transit
facility
was
immediately
closed
as
part
of
New
Delhi’s
harsh
response
to
the
attack.

Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
pledged
to
ruthlessly
hunt
down
the
attackers
during
a
public
rally
in
Madhubani,
Bihar.

“Friends,
I
declare
to
the
world
today
from
the
soil
of
Bihar:
India
will
find,
apprehend,
and
punish
all
terrorists
and
those
who
support
them.
We’ll
go
to
any
lengths
to
find
them.
“Terrorism
will
never
break
India’s
spirit,”
he
said.

Pakistan
responded
by
threatening
to
halt
other
bilateral
agreements
with
India
and
to
revoke
the
Simla
Agreement.
Pakistan
also
barred
its
airspace
to
Indian
planes
and
halted
all
trade
relations.

(With
PTI
Imput)