India, Pakistan Were ‘Very Far’ from Nuclear Clash After Pahalgam Attack: Jaishankar

By our Special Correspondent

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has categorically stated that India and Pakistan were far away from a nuclear conflict during their recent military confrontation in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.

"Very, very far away. I’m frankly astonished by your question. We have terrorist targets. Those were very measured, carefully considered, and non-escalating steps. After that, the Pakistani military opened fire on us. We were able to show them that we could disable their air defense systems. Then the firing stopped at their request,” he told the questioner in an interview to German daily FAZ when asked how far the world was from a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan.