Taslima Nasreen Supports 'Operation Sindoor'; Calls It Fight Against Terrorism
Bangladeshi exiled writer Taslima Nasreen has supported India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan, launched on Wednesday morning. Ms Nasreen sees India’s retaliation against Pakistan as a fight against terrorism and a right to self-defence.
“It was necessary. They can’t just infiltrate India to wage jihad, kill innocent people, and expect no retaliation—not going to happen. Wherever there are terrorist camps, they need to be wiped out”, she wrote on social media ‘X’.
No, it’s not about war or anything like that. India has just destroyed nine terrorist camps in Pakistan. It was necessary. They can’t just infiltrate India to wage jihad, kill innocent people, and expect no retaliation—not going to happen. Wherever there are terrorist camps, they…
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) May 6, 2025
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On Wednesday morning, India launched aerial strikes on “terrorist camps” in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a major escalation between the two nuclear-armed countries. India’s military intervention “Operation Sindoor”, a response to the recent Pahalgam terror attack, hit at least nine targets, which killed eight people, according to Pakistan.
While speaking to Al Jazeera, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said that India had attacked the Pakistan’s civilian population. He alleged that at least 8 people have died and 30 have been injured in the attacks. Most of them were families, he added.
