Remembering Pulwama: A look at terrorist attacks in Jammu Kashmir: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and security staff were travelling on National Highway 44 on a routine day. The greatest terrorist strikes in Jammu and Kashmir had occurred that day. On February 14, 2019, at around 3:15 pm, an explosives-packed SUV struck a column of CRPF soldiers on the Srinagar-Jammu route.

Since 2015, high-profile suicide strikes against the Indian security forces have become more popular among Kashmiri terrorists with ties to Pakistan. Three assailants opened fire on a bus and a police station in Gurdaspur in July 2015. The Pathankot Air Force Station was attacked by four to six armed men early January 2016.

In Pampore, insurgents killed nine and eight security personnel in February and June of 2016 respectively. In a brigade headquarters attack in Uri in September 2016, four attackers killed 19 troops. On December 31, 2017, militants also attacked the Commando Training Centre in Lethpora, murdering five security personnel. These assaults happened close to the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

Sajjad Ahmad Khan, a close associate of the Pulwama attack's mastermind Mudassir Ahmad Khan, was allegedly planning assaults across India, according to a charge sheet issued by the NIA. Four JeM members were charged with additional offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), sections of the Explosives Substances Act, and IPC sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 121 A (waging, attempting to wage, or aiding in the waging of war against the government of India).

What happened following the incident in Pulwama?

Huge demonstrations, bandhs, and candlelight marches were held around India to show support for the soldiers killed in the Pulwama terrorist assault. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which was hosting the 13th Association of Anaesthesiologists Congress in Lahore on March 7, received a cancellation from a delegation of Indian physicians who were scheduled to travel there.

Pakistani actors and artists have been prohibited from working in the Indian film business, according to the All Indian Cine Workers Association, which has threatened to take harsh measures against any organisations that break the restriction. The president of the organisation vowed to "vandalise" the sets of any Indian film production that employed Pakistani artists. The Indian Film and Television Directors' Association similarly imposed a ban on Pakistani artists in films and music produced in India.

The Indian government increased the customs levy on all Pakistani items coming into India to 200 percent following the Pulwama terror attack. Additionally, the government encouraged the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Pakistan on a blacklist. However, the FATF chose to retain the Imran Khan-led nation on the "grey list" and gave it until October 2019 to meet 27 requirements.

How India avenged the terror attack in Pulwama?

On February 26, 2019, Twelve Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 aircraft flew over the Line of Control and launched bombs on Balakot, Pakistan. India asserted that it attacked a Jaish-e-Mohammed training facility and killed several terrorists,  between 300 and 350, as per reports. The Indian planes dropped their cargo in an empty, forested hilltop area close to Balakot, according to the Pakistani military, which was the first to declare the airstrike on the morning of February 26.