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Imran says will release pilot; India shows proof of Pakistan intrusion

Diplomatic pressure, and the US, the UK and France moving the UN Security Council to outlaw JeM along with its leader Masood Azhar, also forced Pakistan to retreat

IAF officials show sections of exploded Amraam missile, said to be fired by Pakistan Air Force F-16s, at an IAF, Army and Navy joint conference in New Delhi 	Photo: PTI
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IAF officials show sections of exploded Amraam missile, said to be fired by Pakistan Air Force F-16s, at an IAF, Army and Navy joint conference in New Delhi Photo: PTI

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot captured by Pakistan on Wednesday will return home before sundown on Friday. There was a collective sigh of relief around the world as Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced he had decided to send the IAF pilot back in the interest of peace but added that India needed to introspect about its policies in Kashmir that was driving 19-year-olds to become suicide bombers.

Despite lobbying hard to get Pakistan to accept its complicity in enabling organisations like the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) to work against India from their soil, India is yet to get a lasting