A year after the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan and its de facto ruler, Field Marshal Asim Munir, stand more emboldened than ever, strengthened by their transactional alliance with US President Donald Trump. This presents India a unique challenge where Pakistan may look to cash in its deepening ties with West Asian petrodollar giants and mediation-linked prominence to revive its jihadist misadventures, says terrorism analyst Abhinav Pandya.
