Also Read Pakistan backs China’s role in defusing India tensions during Operation SindoorOn 7 May, India retaliated to the Pahalgam attack by destroying terror infrastructure inside Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan. On 10 May, US President Donald Trump announced that he had brokered a ceasefire between the two sparring nations. But doubt remains if Trump took India’s rejection of his role nicely and whether the lobby group was successful to soften the US President’s stance on India. Did India engage the firm after deciding that it would retaliate against Pakistan? Was the firm successful in outreach given Trump has exhibited bonhomie with Pakistan more than India in the past nine months?

Source: The Telegraph January 06, 2026 12:07 UTC