Nikki Haley: India had every right to retaliate after Pahalgam attack

She said Pakistan cannot play the victim after supporting terrorism.

Nikki Haley / Image- Instagram (@nikkihaley)

Former Republican presidential candidate Indian American Nikki Haley on May 8 supported India’s right to retaliate and defend in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack that took the lives of 26 innocent tourists, including one from Nepal.

“Terrorists launched an attack that killed dozens of Indian citizens. India had every right to retaliate and defend itself,” Haley, 53, said in a post on X. The two-term former governor of South Carolina and former US Ambassador to the United States also said that following India’s retaliatory attack, Pakistan does not get to play the victim card.

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“Pakistan does not get to play the victim. No country gets a pass for supporting terrorist activity,” Haley said.

This week, India launched a retaliatory strike on nine sites in Pakistan and Pak-Occupied Kashmir. These sites are linked to the terrorists and organisations which were associated with the planning and execution of the killing of 26 tourists, including one from Nepal, in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir.

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