Balakot: From Pulwama to Payback

by Francesca Marino

On the night of 26 February 2019, the Indian Air Force struck Jaish-e-Mohammed’s training camp in Balakot, Pakistan—a decisive response to the Pulwama terror attack just a few days earlier. Pakistan denied the strike, the target, even the camp’s existence. But the truth couldn’t be buried. In this book, the author brings a startling eyewitness account of the Balakot strike—reports that shook the official narrative, with striking new details. Featuring an exclusive interview with the then Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, deep-dive satellite analysis, and unreleased intelligence, this book shatters the web of denial and deception that Pakistan had spun so skilfully for the international press. Balakot exposes the dark world of Jaish-e-Mohammed—its origins, mafiastyle funding, and deep ties with Pakistan’s shadowy power centres, including the ISI and the so-called Deep State. From cross-border infiltrations into Jammu & Kashmir to the terror group’s links with the Taliban’s new regime in Afghanistan, Balakot is a gripping account of a deadly network of terrorist links that puts Kashmir at the centre of an ever-brewing storm

200 pages, Paperback

Reviews

[rahul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lot was expected of this book .. sadly i found it go be an average read .. gives insight into the plight of JeM in post balakote strikes, their overall functioning and modus operandi …. Book is primarily focused on the functioning of terror modules operating against India under the umbrella of Pak ( ISI) ….

[Vineeth Nair · Rating 3 out of 5]

An account of Balakot operations, Pakistani cover up and the war for narratives that unfolded thereafter. Book arrived too late as it is already more than half a decade since Feb 2019. An ok read

[Viku Kuthiala · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author writes it the way it is. A must read for all who want to see through the fog of terrorism.