 |
Web of Lies: Pakistan’s Propaganda Push During Operation Sindoor
In the spring of 2025, the meadows of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir bore witness to an atrocity that would reshape not only India-Pakistan relations but also the contours of modern hybrid warfare. On 22 April 2025, terrorists affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), executed a meticulously planned religiously motivated massacre, killing 26 civilians—predominantly Hindu tourists. This attack, framed by the authors of Web of Lies as an act of ideological warfare rather than isolated terrorism, triggered India’s decisive military response: Operation Sindoor, launched on 7 May 2025. The book, authored by Idrees Aftab and a team of scholars at the South Asian Centre for Strategic Studies (SACSS) in New Delhi, offers a detailed examination of the subsequent information battle, revealing how Pakistan orchestrated a sophisticated propaganda campaign to obscure its role, sow doubt, and contest the narrative on the global stage. Published in June 2026, this work stands as both a forensic analysis and a strategic warning about the weaponisation of perception in 21st-century conflict. ₹1,299.00 |
